About 41 activists of All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) were detained on Sunday by the Daltonganj police for forcefully trying to close the shops and imposing the bandh on streets.
They had called the bandh demanding the State Government to declare famine in Palamau. No mishaps have been reported during the bandh said the police.
Sources said the AJSU has set the political ball rolling for demand of famine code in Palamau. It is believed that other political parties too would give calls for the same.
Confirming this Manoj Thakur, the officer in charge of the Daltonganj police station said these 41 were let off as they were detained us 151 of CrPC. The AJSU bandh was a great success. A member of the central committee of the AJSU Satish Kumar described the AJSU bandh as unprecedented. Vehicular traffic came to a standstill. No long route buses for States like Chhatisgarh and Bihar went on roads. Village connectivity by road was also affected.The railways however were left unaffected said Satish Kumar.