<div>Jharkhand Police Thursday raided the house of Giriraj Singh in Barahiya in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, but the BJP leader was nowhere to be found, an officer said.<br /><br /><div>"A team of Jharkhand Police raided his ancestral house early Thursday in Barahia to arrest him after a non-bailable warrant was issued by a Bokaro court for his remark that critics of Narendra Modi will be sent to Pakistan," said Barahia police officer Kundan Kumar Singh.<br /><br /></div><div>Giriraj Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Nawada constituency, was also not to be found at his official residence in Patna's high security zone.<br /><br /></div><div>His mobile phone was switched off and he was not available for comment.<br /><br /></div><div>According to BJP leaders, Giriraj Singh will surrender before a court either in Bokaro or Patna in a day or two.<br /><br /></div><div>"He is consulting legal experts," BJP leaders said.<br /><br /></div><div>The Election Commission Tuesday night banned Giriraj Singh from holding any election rally or road show in Bihar and Jharkhand over his controversial remark.<br /><br /></div><div>The poll panel had also asked him to submit an explanation by April 24.<br /><br /></div><div>A police complaint for making an inflammatory speech has been registered against Giriraj Singh at a police station in Jharkhand's Deogarh.<br /><br /></div><div>A case was also registered in the Bihar capital after the Election Commission ordered the Patna district administration to do it.</div></div>
<div>Jharkhand Police Thursday raided the house of Giriraj Singh in Barahiya in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, but the BJP leader was nowhere to be found, an officer said.<br /><br /><div>"A team of Jharkhand Police raided his ancestral house early Thursday in Barahia to arrest him after a non-bailable warrant was issued by a Bokaro court for his remark that critics of Narendra Modi will be sent to Pakistan," said Barahia police officer Kundan Kumar Singh.<br /><br /></div><div>Giriraj Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Nawada constituency, was also not to be found at his official residence in Patna's high security zone.<br /><br /></div><div>His mobile phone was switched off and he was not available for comment.<br /><br /></div><div>According to BJP leaders, Giriraj Singh will surrender before a court either in Bokaro or Patna in a day or two.<br /><br /></div><div>"He is consulting legal experts," BJP leaders said.<br /><br /></div><div>The Election Commission Tuesday night banned Giriraj Singh from holding any election rally or road show in Bihar and Jharkhand over his controversial remark.<br /><br /></div><div>The poll panel had also asked him to submit an explanation by April 24.<br /><br /></div><div>A police complaint for making an inflammatory speech has been registered against Giriraj Singh at a police station in Jharkhand's Deogarh.<br /><br /></div><div>A case was also registered in the Bihar capital after the Election Commission ordered the Patna district administration to do it.</div></div>