Overview
- Patna’s SSP confirmed the late-night arrest of JDU candidate Anant Singh as the prime accused in the Oct. 30 clash that killed Jan Suraj supporter Dularchand Yadav.
- Two aides, Manikant Thakur and Ranjit Ram, were also arrested, about 80 people were detained for questioning, and raids and forensic sampling continued under the CID.
- Police said the postmortem noted severe chest and lung trauma and a gunshot wound to the ankle, though another report described cardiorespiratory failure, a discrepancy under review.
- The Election Commission transferred the Mokama returning officer and two SDPOs, suspended two SHOs, shifted the local SP, and sought an action-taken report from the Bihar DGP by noon.
- Singh was held at the Patna SSP office’s DIU cell and is to be produced in court today, while the victim’s family vowed to forgo funeral rites until all named accused are arrested.