Bihar Police has to date arrested 80 folks, together with JD(U)’s Mokama candidate Anant Singh, in reference to the homicide of Jan Suraaj Get together supporter Dular Chand Yadav, a senior officer stated on Sunday (November 2, 2025).
Mr. Singh, alongside together with his associates Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram, had been arrested within the intervening evening of Saturday and Sunday.
A Patna courtroom remanded all three to 14-day judicial custody.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Patna, Kartikeya Sharma informed PTI, “We now have to date registered 5 FIRs and arrested 80 folks, together with Mr. Singh, in reference to Yadav’s homicide and different associated incidents. Extra arrests are anticipated as investigations into the FIRs are on.”
Yadav died whereas campaigning for Jan Suraaj Get together’s candidate Piyush Priyadarshi in Patna’s Mokama space on Thursday.
In response to Yadav’s autopsy examination report, he died of cardiorespiratory failure because of shock attributable to damage to the center and lungs by a tough and blunt substance, the SSP stated.
“The autopsy examination report and preliminary investigation recommend it is a case of homicide,” Mr. Sharma added.
Police are conserving an in depth watch on the candidates who’re contesting polls, together with in Mokama.
“Numerous safety personnel has been deployed in Mokama space. Whereas 13 corporations of Central Armed Police Power are tenting within the space, two items of Particular Process Power (STF) and 4 Fast Response Groups (QRTs) of Patna Police have additionally been deployed”, the SSP stated.
Mr. Singh was picked up from his home in Barh, round 200 km from Bihar capital Patna.
Earlier, DGP Vinay Kumar stated, “Strict motion might be taken in opposition to those that violate the election mannequin code of conduct. Individuals who take the legislation into their very own palms won’t be spared.” Reacting to Singh’s arrest, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav stated, “It was anticipated… it ought to have been carried out earlier. That is the ‘jungle raaj’ in Bihar, the place murders are taking place like something. Just lately, a father-son duo had been killed in Ara.”
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