India, July 26 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav was arrested late on Saturday night and remanded to judicial custody for 14 days, police said on Sunday.

Police alleged that his presence and actions led to the escalation of NEET paper leak-related protests in Patna, resulting in property damage.

At around 12:15 am (Sunday) Patna police brought Tej Pratap from the Naubatpur police station and produced him before the residence of a judicial Magistrate at Chhaju Bagh in Patna from where the JM sent him to Beur central jail.

Yadav heads Janshakti Janata Dal ( JJD) party, formed in 2025. This is the first time, the 38-year-old elder Yadav scion has been jailed in his political career spanning...