 On 3 August, the Supreme court of India reprimanded media organizations for repeatedly interviewing the accused to avoid traumatizing them and asked for pictures not to be published, even in morphed form.On 4 August, some political parties led a statewide strike in Bihar, which was also supported by the Congress and RJD.There was a protest at Jantar Mantar at New Delhi, organized by 12 different political parties together, in a show of unity.