Arrest, bail, refusal: How Prashant Kishor secured his 'unconditional' release

Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who was arrested in the early hours of Monday while on a fast unto death to press the demand for cancellation of a Bihar Public Service Commission exam, was released on bail. An ebullient Kishor said he would continue his "Satyagraha" at the Gandhi Maidan and remarked, "The concluding point should be the same as where things had commenced". Talking to news agency PTI, Patna District Magistrate, Chandrashekhar Singh, said, “Yes, Kishor and his supporters, sitting on dharna at Gandhi Maidan, were arrested by the police on Monday morning. A video shared by the news agency PTI showed senior officials of Patna Police removing Kishor from the hunger strike site amid fierce opposition and 'Vande Mataram' slogans by his supporters.