India, Nov. 13 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RLD) lawmaker Sunil Singh has been booked on Thursday for his alleged "provocative statement and threat of creating a Nepal-like situation in case of any irregularity in counting", a top Bihar police officer said.

Director general of police (DGP) Vinay Kumar said a first information report (FIR) was registered against the legislative council member under sections 174 (undue influence at election, 353 (mischievous statement) and 352 (intentional insult) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 apart from provisions of the Representation of the People's Act and the Information Technology Act.

The FIR was registered based on the statement of the on-duty police officer, Khusbu Kumari ahead of counting on ...