Police have arrested Coordinator of the Independent Madhes campaign CK Raut from Janakpur on Thursday.

Dhanusha District Police Office Lalmani Acharya said that they made the arrest as per the request of Siraha police, who wanted to interrogate Raut on a previous case, from his rented residence in Machha Bazaar at 3 pm today.

Raut has been sent to Siraha after the arrest, informed Janakpur police.

A few weeks ago, Raut had expressed secessionist views while addressing a meeting at Lahan.