The officials said that Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor, who had been on a fast unto death at Gandhi Maidan in Patna to press the demand for cancellation of a Bihar PSC exam, was arrested early on Monday, reported news agency PTI.

Police personnel removed him and his supporters from the protest site for the BPSC exam row. According to supporters of Kishor, the police took him to Patna AIIMS for a medical examination.