Sharjeel Imam was wanted by police of several states, including Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Delhi. (Photo: Reuters)

Under fire for his inflammatory speeches, JNU student Sharjeel Imam was arrested from Bihar's Jehanabad on Monday.

Sharjeel Imam was wanted by the police of several states, including Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Delhi.

"Sharjeel Imam has been arrested from his native Kako village in Jehanabad," Bihar's Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey said.

HERE ARE THE LIVE UPDATES ON THE ARREST OF SHARJEEL IMAM:

8.49 pm: Sharjeel Imam has been brought to Patna's Gardani Bagh police station.

8.40 pm: Sources in the Delhi Police say that due to shortage of flights, Sharjeel Imam may not be brought to Delhi tonight and is likely to be brought to the capital tomorrow.

8.30 pm: JNUSU condemns Sharjeel Imam's arrest

"The arrest of JNU student Sharjeel Imam under draconian charges of sedition shows that Islamophobia, selective amnesia & bias matter more than anything for a state apparatus under control of RSS-BJP. BJP and RSS want to criminalise Muslims on an unprecedented scale," the union said in a statement.

6.40 pm: Delhi Police granted transit remand for Sharjeel Imam.

6.25 pm: Sharjeel Imam's medical report deems him "medically fit".

5.45 pm: Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Raipur: Watch Sharjeel's video, listen to his speech, he has spoken more dangerous words than Kanhaiya Kumar. Today Delhi Police has arrested him and he is being brought to Delhi. He (Sharjeel Imam) will be lodged in jail.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Raipur: Watch Sharjeel's video, listen to his speech, he has spoken more dangerous words than Kanhaiya Kumar. Today Delhi Police has arrested him and he is being brought to Delhi. He (Sharjeel Imam) will be lodged in jail. pic.twitter.com/eQMlO7b6wp January 28, 2020

5.20 pm: Sharjeel Imam presented before lower court in Jehanabad for transit remand.

#WATCH Bihar: JNU Student Sharjeel Imam has been brought to Jahanabad court. He was arrested from Jahanabad in Bihar by Delhi Police, earlier today. Imam had been booked for sedition by Police. pic.twitter.com/6x8gIpwRwO ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2020

5.15 pm: Delhi Police denies Sharjeel's surrender claim. As per Delhi Police officers, there is no procedure to surrender before the police. If an accused wants to surrender, they have to appear before the court and not the police.

The Delhi Police told media that they had been conducting raids from the past two days and on Monday afternoon, Imam was detained from his village. They added that Imam is being taken for transit remand and will be brought to Delhi after that.

4.40 pm: Mishika Singh, Sharjeel's lawyer also issued a statement that her client has surrendered before Delhi Police. She said he will be brought to Delhi and produced before a magistrate.

4.35 pm: Sharjeel Imam been taken from a police station in Jehanabad, he will likely to be taken to court for transit remand.

4.30 pm: Sharjeel Imam has claimed that he surrendered before the police. Imam wrote on Twitter, "I have surrendered to the Delhi Police on 28 1 2020 at 3 PM. I am ready and willing to operate with the investigation. I have full faith in due process of law. My safety and security are now in the hand of the Delhi Police. Let peace prevail."

I have surrendered to the Delhi Police on 28 1 2020 at 3 PM. I am ready and willing to to operate with the investigation. I have full faith in due process of law. My safety and security are now in the hand of Delhi Police.

Let peace prevail. pic.twitter.com/fTKeWY5hb8 Sharjeel Imam (@_imaams) January 28, 2020

4.20 pm: Aligarh SSP Akash Kulhari said that Sharjeel Imam will be brought to Aligarh for remand.

3.40 pm: Sources said tight security arrangements will be made in Delhi and Bihar when Imam is produced in court.

3.35 pm: BJP MP Giriraj Singh used Imam's arrest to target Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. On the campaign trail in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal had dared Home Minister Amit Shah to arrest Imam. Replying to Kejriwal, Giriraj Singh tweeted:

"Kejriwal ji Sharjeel Imam has been arrested, Amit Shah did it. These members tukde-tukde gang are trying to break the nation...and you are sitting on files to save them."

3.30 pm: Reacting to his arrest, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said people have the right to protest but nobody can talk about the country's disintegration.

Nitish Kumar said that police must have acted in accordance with the law in arresting Imam and now the courts will take appropriate action.

3.15 pm: Delhi Police's Crime Branch arrested JNU student Sharjeel Imam, booked in a sedition case, from Jehanabad area in Bihar.

HUNT FOR IMAM ENDS AFTER 4 DAYS

Earlier in the day, a brother of Sharjeel Imam was picked up by police in a fresh attempt to trace the anti-CAA activist.

The Delhi Police Crime Branch had deployed five teams to locate Imam, a resident of Bihar. Raids were conducted in Mumbai, Patna and Delhi.

Police had raided his ancestral home also on Sunday as it went hunting for him but Imam eluded the dragnet.

A graduate in computer science from IIT-Mumbai, Imam had shifted to Delhi for pursuing research at the Centre for Historical Studies at the JNU.

He was slapped with a sedition case after a video of his purported speech went viral on social media where he was heard speaking about "cutting off" Assam and the northeast from the rest of India.

"If five lakh people are organised, we can cut off the northeast and India permanently. If not, at least for a month or half a month. Throw as much 'mawad' (variously described as pus or rubbish) on rail tracks and roads that it takes the Air Force one month to clear it.

"Cutting off Assam (from India) is our responsibility, only then they (the government) will listen to us. We know the condition of Muslims in Assam....they are being put into detention camps," he was shown in the video as saying.