Based on Singh’s questioning, police in a statement claim he came to Delhi in 1991 from Bihar’s Vaishali to work as a taxi driver. In 2001, he became part of the “prostitution business to earn easy money”.

Asansol recorded the lowest turnout at 73.27 per cent.

The one-day bandh observed in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and the Union Territory of Chandigarh was near total. Stray incidents of violence were reported.

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