The Jharkhand bandh call given by Communist Party of India and Jharkhand Dishom Party got a mixed response in Hazaribagh district. The workers of Communist Party came on roads early in the morning and tried to close the market and offices but alert policemen foiled their attempt. Then they moved towards NH 33 and stopped the traffic there. After sometimes police took them in custody and cleared the traffic.
The State secretary and ex-MP Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Mehta, Ramnaresh Kumar, Jeevlal Kushwaha, Ganesh Kumar Citu, Razi Ahmad, Rameshwar Kushwaha and others led the different teams of party workers and stopped traffic on various points of the district. About 50 leaders and workers were taken into custody and were released later in the evening.
Due to this bandh buses of long route and trucks remained off the road, in colliery areas loading and dispatch work of coal got hampered but everywhere the offices and markets were open as usual. In Hazaribagh town too the market was open though today was Monday, the weekly closure day but due to Eid the market remained open. In Barkagaon and Keredari bandh call was said to be successful. Schools, colleges and offices wore a deserted look here and the markets even had a vey less number of people till noon while transport services were totally closed.