Tej Pratap arrested over NEET paper leak protest before Bihar Police registered FIR: Lawyer
Bihar Minister and Janshakti Janata Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav was arrested for allegedly indulging in protests over the NEET paper leak in the State
Bihar Minister and Janshakti Janata Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav was arrested for allegedly indulging in protests over the NEET paper leak in the State capital, his lawyer claimed on Sunday (July 26, 2026). The arrest was made a day before the police registered an FIR, he alleged. The police, however, did not comment on the allegation made by Mr. Yadav's lawyer Jagannath Singh. “The FIR against Tej Pratap Yadav was registered on July 26, while the arrest was made around 7.30 p.m. on July 25 evening from a mall in Patna.
He was produced before the judicial magistrate court around 12.15 a.m. on Sunday (July 26), which sent him to judicial custody. My client is now in Beur Central Jail," the lawyer said. Also Read | Bihar bandh: Left-wing students hit the streets, security tightened Singh said he would approach a competent court on Monday (July 27), seeking Mr. Yadav's bail. The police had alleged that Mr. Yadav’s actions led to the escalation of NEET paper leak-related protests in Patna on Saturday (July 25), which resulted in property damage.
Shortly after Mr. Yadav joined protesters during a sit-in at Ram Gulam Chowk in Patna, he was detained and taken away in a police vehicle. Reacting to Mr. Yadav’s arrest, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who is contesting the Bankipur Assembly bypoll, claimed, “Tej Pratap Yadav supported me, so he was sent to jail. The BJP is harassing leaders of Jan Suraaj Party and those who are supporting us by misusing the administration.” Yadav, who floated Janshakti Janata Dal after his father Lalu Prasad’s RJD expelled him, recently announced support for Mr. Kishor in the Bankipur bypoll.
His announcement came after the returning officer rejected the nomination of JJD's candidate Vina Mandavi. Yadav had said that Bankipur was considered a BJP stronghold, but public sentiment now favours political change.
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