Bihar polls: JD(U) candidate Anant Singh sent to 2-week custody in Jan Suraaj worker’s killing

A local court in Patna on Sunday sent Janata Dal (United)’s Mokama candidate Anant Singh and his two associates to two weeks of judicial custody in connection with the killing of a Jan Suraaj worker after a clash between alleged supporters of the two parties earlier this week, PTI reported.

Singh was arrested on Saturday along with two others – Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram – in connection with the case.

The worker, Dularchand Yadav, was found dead inside a vehicle in Tartar village of Bihar’s Patna district on Thursday.

The area is part of the Mokama Assembly constituency, which goes to polls on November 6.

The state is under the model code of conduct, with Assembly elections scheduled for November 6 and November 11. The counting of votes will take place on November 14.

During a press conference, Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Kartikeya Sharma stated that all three accused persons were present at the site when the clash took place and would be produced before the magistrate.

Sharma added that Yadav’s post-mortem report showed he died of cardiorespiratory failure due to shock caused by injury to the heart and lungs by a hard and blunt substance, reported PTI.

“Therefore, the post-mortem report and preliminary investigation suggest that it’s a case of murder,” the police officer was quoted as saying...

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