The bandh was observed in Jehanabad, Arwal, Lakhisarai districts and rural areas of Patna district since early morning and the supporters blocked NH-110 between Jehanabad and Arwal and Patna-Gaya NH 83 by burning tyres at several places and pelting passing vehicles with stones, official sources said.
The bandh supporters also disrupted train services for hours by placing boulders on railway tracks on the Patna-Gaya route, the sources said.
They set on fire a tea shop and looted others before beating up the shopkeepers in Ratni block in Jehanabad district and hurled stones at the Zila Nagar Parishad office.
The situation there was brought under control by Jehanabad District Magistrate Balamurugan D and Superintendent of Police Harpreet Kaur.
In Arwal district too the Sena supporters halted traffic on NH 98 between Patna and Aurangabad by burning tyres. They were chased away by police, who were led by District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar Singh and SP Vimal Kumar.
Four persons were detained for blocking the national highway.
