Ranchi, March 27 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pratul Shahdeo was detained and taken away by the police as he held a protest against the murder of BJP leader Anil Tiger.

Speaking to ANI, he said, "Instead of catching criminals, political leaders who are protesting peacefully are being taken away by the police."

The BJP leader called the murder of the party's senior leader Anil Tiger "unfortunate," while dubbing Ranchi the crime capital.

"The way Anil Tiger was killed, he was a senior BJP leader... It is very unfortunate. Ranchi is becoming the crime capital. Just 25 meters away from the police station, in broad daylight, a public representative was killed... today the police are here to detain me... I wish the police had shown...