Gaya, May 23 -- Bihar Police have arrested an individual for allegedly making casteist slurs and issuing threatening remarks against Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on the social media platform Facebook, officials said.

The accused has been identified as Rajesh Rao Sardar, a resident of Marufganj in Patna, who is involved in transportation and other business activities, the police said.

DSP (cyber cell) Abdurrahman Danish elaborated that the accused Sardar used his Facebook platform to post a video on Wednesday, making objectionable comments, abuses, and threatening to kill the Union Minister. Following the threats, the Bihar police arrested the accused after registering a case against the profile name 'Rajesh Rao Sardar'.

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