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Bihar bandh hits normal life, over 1500 arrested
Patna, Aug 21: The dawn-to-dusk Bihar bandh today affected normal life in the state mainly because of disruption in road and rail traffic and six persons were injured in police action while over 1,500 CPIML (Liberation) supporters were arrested during the day.
Patna, Aug 21: The dawn-to-dusk Bihar bandh today affected normal life in the state mainly because of disruption in road and rail traffic and six persons were injured in police action while over 1,500 CPIML (Liberation) supporters were arrested during the day.
In Patna, around 600 cpiml (liberation) workers including its central committee members K D Yadav, Saroj Dubey, Rameshwar Prasad and party general secretary Ram Jatan Sharma were arrested while enforcing bandh.
The naxalites clashed with supporters of the incarcerated RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin in Siwan during the bandh. Nearly 400 bandh supporters led by CPIML MLA Satyadeo Ram were arrested in Siwan, official sources said.
Another party MLA Arun Kumar was arrested along with a dozen supporters in Rohtas district.
The total number of arrests was over 1500, sources said.
Police said, six CPI-ML (Liberation) workers, including its state women wing member Kunti Devi, were injured in police lathi-charge in Jehanabad town.
Major markets remained closed in Jehanabad, Gaya, Arwal, Darbhanga, Rohtas, Sitamarhi, Nalanda and other places. The number of vehicles plying were also less. CPI-ML supporters took out processions to enforce bandh in these places.
In the state capital, many shops downed their shutters while small shops opened in residential localities but vehicular traffic was thin. Most of the schools were open.
Many passenger and long-distance trains were stranded at different places in Danapur, Samastipur and Mughalsarai divisions of the East Central Railway (ECR), ECR sources said.
Bureau Report
The naxalites clashed with supporters of the incarcerated RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin in Siwan during the bandh. Nearly 400 bandh supporters led by CPIML MLA Satyadeo Ram were arrested in Siwan, official sources said.
Another party MLA Arun Kumar was arrested along with a dozen supporters in Rohtas district.
The total number of arrests was over 1500, sources said.
Police said, six CPI-ML (Liberation) workers, including its state women wing member Kunti Devi, were injured in police lathi-charge in Jehanabad town.
Major markets remained closed in Jehanabad, Gaya, Arwal, Darbhanga, Rohtas, Sitamarhi, Nalanda and other places. The number of vehicles plying were also less. CPI-ML supporters took out processions to enforce bandh in these places.
In the state capital, many shops downed their shutters while small shops opened in residential localities but vehicular traffic was thin. Most of the schools were open.
Many passenger and long-distance trains were stranded at different places in Danapur, Samastipur and Mughalsarai divisions of the East Central Railway (ECR), ECR sources said.
Bureau Report