Former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav was sent to judicial custody for allegedly supporting a Bihar bandh over the NEET paper leak. His lawyer termed the arrest "wrongful," citing procedural lapses. Tejashwi Yadav condemned the move as political vendetta and threatened a massive protest, while Prashant Kishor also alleged the BJP government was targeting opposition supporters.
Patna: Former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav was on Sunday sent to jail for trying to enforce the state-wide bandh called a day ago by students' unions over the NEET paper leak, his lawyer claimed.
The alleged "wrongful arrest" led his estranged younger brother Tejashwi, the RJD working president who is said to have played a role in his expulsion from the party headed by their father Lalu Prasad a year ago, to come out in his support.
According to Jagannath Singh, the lawyer of Tej Pratap Yadav, who now heads Janshakti Janata Dal, the ex-minister has been sent to the Beur Central Jail on the outskirts of the city, after being remanded to judicial custody by a magistrate.
"But the fact remains that he was arrested from a Patna mall at 7.30 pm yesterday and the FIR got lodged at the police station concerned only around 12.15 am on Sunday. Tomorrow, I shall be moving before a competent court for bail, where I will also highlight the anomaly," the lawyer said.
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