New Delhi, July 29 -- A resident of Bihar's Kishanganj has claimed he was left bewildered after discovering that his name had been included in a case linked to the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protests held nationwide to demand education reforms. In a purported video, Mohammad Sadaqat asserted that he had been in Russia for the "last four months".

"On the 24th (of July), there was a protest against the NEET leak, at LRP Chowk, and the Bahadurganj administration has named me in that. I have been in Russia for the past four months," Sadaqat, a resident of Ward 12 in the town, says in the video.

"Since I am in Russia, I request the administration to remove my name from there. I will remain indebted to the administration for this," he adds,...