Leaders have faced harassment and intimidation. Police have filed cases against many protestors, claiming that the agitations are supported by Maoists.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Anandi Paswan, a resident of Bihar, in connection with the CPI (Maoist) terror funding case. Paswan is the fourth person to be arrested in the case related to the terror financing network being run by CPI (Maoist) cadres and overground workers in the Magadh region.