Police on Friday arrested the Butwal Vice Chairman of Paschim Nepal Bus Byawasayi Sangh Jiwan Kumar Banjade.

A team of police personnel from Butwal Area Police Office detained Banjade from a tea shop at traffic chowk in Butwal.

According to Banjade’s family, the police had enquired with them about Banjade's whereabouts. A little later they learnt about Banjade's arrest.

Transport services in Butwal and other areas have been halted in support of the transport committees that are against the government crackdown on syndicate and cartel system in the transport sector.

As a result of the strike, general people, and patients among others have been facing hard time in reaching to their destinations.

There are no buses at the Butwal-based Lumbini Bus Terminal since Thursday. Around 1,000 public buses used to operate from the terminal on regular days.

Paschim Nepal Bus Byawasayi Sangh, Siddhartha Yatayat, Butwal Yatayat, Gulmi yatayat, Supa Deurali Yatayat among other 14 bus committees and jeep committees have shut down their ticket counters and cleared the bus terminal.