Suraaj party chief Prashant Kishor, who was protesting at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, was detained by Bihar Police.

Kishor had been sitting on fast-unto-death at Gandhi Maidan since January 2, demanding a re-test of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) examination prelims. He was produced before a court after being detained in the early hours of Monday, and sent to judicial custody after he refused to agree to the conditions of his bail.

In a dramatic turn of events, political strategist Prashant Kishor was arrested early this morning from Patna's Gandhi Maidan, where he was on a hunger strike in solidarity with BPSC students. The police removed Kishor from the site at around 4 AM,

Prashant Kishor, in solidarity with other protesting students, was sitting on hunger strike to press for the demand for cancellation of the integrated 70th combined (preliminary) competitive test conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on December 13.

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Prashant Kishor resisted the police's attempt to remove him from the site, which led to a tense situation following which he was detained

Kishor, the poll strategist-turned-politician who formed his party Jan Suraaj last year, has been fasting since last Thursday

Patna District Magistrate Dr. Chandrashekhar Singh defended the detention of Prashant Kishor and 42 others during protests over the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) exams. Singh stated that the protest at Gandhi Maidan,

Kishor was sitting a hunger strike since Thursday to press for the cancellation of the integrated 70th combined (preliminary) competitive test conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on December 13.

Patna Police has vacated the place at Gandhi Maidan where Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor was sitting on a fast-unto-death with the protestors