Bihar polls: RJD’s Sasaram candidate arrested after filing nomination

SASARAM: (Oct 21) RJD candidate Satendra Sah was arrested immediately after filing his nomination papers from Bihar’s Sasaram assembly seat, officials said.

Officers of the police station concerned maintained that Sah was apprehended by the Jharkhand Police as a non-bailable warrant (NBW) was pending against him. His supporters were clueless about the developments.

“As Sah reached the office of the circle officer concerned on Monday to file his nomination papers from Sasaram seat, the Jharkhand Police officers arrived there to execute an NBW which was pending against him. He was allowed to file his nomination papers… But soon after, he was arrested,” a senior police officer of Rohtas district said.