Patna (BiharTimes): BJP President Amit Shah and three other senior leaders got stuck in the lift of the state guest house here for around 40 minutes.

"The lift got stuck between the two floors and its metal doors also got jammed at around 11.30 PM last night. There was no lift operator or person capable of handling such emergency around. The mobile phones of those trapped inside were also out of range as they were in a closed box," BJP state President Mangal Pandey said

. The incident happened when Shah was going from the ground floor of the state guest house to the first floor along with party in-charge for Bihar Bhupendra Yadav, Secretary Nagendra Ji and General Secretary Saudan Singh and a couple of security personnel.

"Nothing worked and around 40 minutes passed. It was then that CRPF was asked to break open the doors. It did so and Shah and other leaders were rescued," Pandey said,

"Once the doors were broken, the trapped persons came out..It is a gross dereliction of duty and irresponsibility shown by the people responsible for facilities at the state guest house." Pandey added

(Inputs from agency)