RJD candidate Satendra Sah was arrested instantly after submitting his nomination papers from Bihar’s Sasaram Meeting seat on Monday, October 20, 2025. Picture credit score: Fb/Satendra Sah.
RJD candidate Satendra Sah was arrested instantly after submitting his nomination papers from Bihar’s Sasaram Meeting seat on Monday (October 20, 2025), officers mentioned.
Officers of the police station involved maintained that Mr. Sah was arrested by Jharkhand Police as a non-bailable warrant (NBW) was pending towards him. His supporters had been clueless in regards to the developments.
“As Sah reached the workplace of the circle officer involved to file his nomination papers from Sasaram seat, Jharkhand Law enforcement officials arrived there to execute a NBW which was pending towards him,” a senior officer of Rohtas district mentioned on situation of anonymity.
“He was allowed to file his nomination papers… However quickly after, he was arrested. We aren’t conscious in regards to the nature of the case by which the NBW was issued towards him,” he mentioned, including solely Jharkhand Police may share additional particulars.
The 243-member Bihar Meeting will go to polls in two phases on November 6 and 11, with outcomes set to be introduced on November 14.
This was the third such incident of contesting candidates of the constituents of INDIA bloc being arrested after submitting their nomination papers.
Previous to this, CPI(ML) Liberation’s candidates from Bhore and Darauli seats, Jitendra Paswan and Satyadeo Ram, respectively, had been arrested after submitting their nomination papers.
CPI(ML) Liberation has issued a press release condemning the arrests.
“We strongly condemn the politically motivated arrests of Comrade Jitendra Paswan and Comrade Satyadeo Ram… They had been arrested proper outdoors the nomination facilities instantly after submitting their papers. These arrests, underneath fabricated and baseless prices, clearly reveal the concern and panic among the many NDA leaders, who really feel threatened by the rising assertion of the plenty and the individuals’s dedication to deliver change in Bihar,” the occasion had mentioned.
Unable to confront the rising anger towards its failed ‘double-engine’ authorities, the BJP-JD(U) alliance is resorting to repression, intimidation, and misuse of police and administrative equipment to silence. democratic opposition and suppress individuals’s voices, it had mentioned.
Printed – October 20, 2025 10:57 pm IST