He was arrested after his supporters allegedly ransacked the DFO's office and injured two members of his staff.
Giridih (Jharkhand): Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi was on Monday night arrested, hours after his 'dharna' near the office of the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) in Giridih protesting against the official allegedly preventing locals from collecting mica.
Marandi was arrested and lodged in the old circuit house after his supporters allegedly ransacked the DFO's office and injured two members of his staff, Deputy Commissioner Vandana Dadeel said.
Marandi, JVM(P) President and a Lok Sabha MP, had staged the dharna in protest against DFO Akhilesh Sharma's alleged prevention of mica collection by the locals for the last several months.
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