The call for a day-long bandh (general shut down strike) given by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) passed off peacefully in Jharkhand on April 5, reports The Pioneer. The CPI-Maoist had announced the bandh in four States Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam to protest the arrest of Arun Kumar Bhattacharya alias Kanchan (65), a member of the CPI-Maoist ‘Central Committee (CC)’ and Eastern Regional Bureau (ERB). A large number of Security Forces (SFs) were deployed in the sensitive localities and rail tracks were secured, while the Jharkhand Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jointly carried out long range patrolling and area domination exercises in affected districts. Inspector General (IG), Operations, Amol Vinukant Homkar informed that the bandh had no impact and no untoward incident was reported from any part of Jharkhand.