Jha was allegedly in an inebriated state and accompanied by three cabin girls of Dabali Cabin Restaurant in Old Baneshwar from where he was sent in a taxi after he drank excessively.
"The taxi driver handed over Jha to us when he turned almost senseless after drinking excessive alcohol," police said.
"He pretended to be a trader until we recovered his identity card as a lawmaker," said a police official. "We drove him home on learning his identity."
It has not been disclosed yet why Jha, a former minister for local development, was accompanied by the three girls in the taxi.
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