Police said that three Congress workers were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly blackening the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mhow town in the district during the 'Bharat bandh' called by the party on Monday. According to Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nagendra Singh, those arrested have been identified as Pappu Khan, Ankit Dholi and Saurabh Borasi. He said that those Congress workers were part of the protesters, who created a commotion at a petrol pump in RCM area of Mhow town, 25 kilometres from the district headquarters, during the bandh. The protesters climbed a ladder and blackened the picture of the prime minister on a hoarding at the petrol pump. ASP Singh added that the protesters are accused of trying to damage the property of the petrol pump owner during their attempts to forcibly shut the establishment. They also tried to hurt the dignity of the Constitutional post of the prime minister . The accused are booked under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace). At least five more persons are suspected to be involved in the act, Mr. Singh said adding that the police are trying to identify those accused by going through the CCTV footage. Police said that the Congress workers had allegedly blackened Modi's image on a hoarding put up at a petrol pump in Mhow. The Congress had called a nationwide 'bandh' against the rising fuel prices. Local BJP leaders protested in front of the police against the incident of blackening of Modi's poster.