Overview
- Patna police said Anant Kumar Singh and two associates, Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram, were arrested on murder charges in the death of 75-year-old Dular Chand Yadav during a campaign clash in Mokama.
- SSP Kartikeya Sharma cited the post-mortem finding of cardiorespiratory failure from injuries caused by a hard, blunt object, adding that preliminary evidence supports treating the case as murder.
- Investigators have registered multiple FIRs, including for Model Code of Conduct violations, and said the three accused will be produced before a magistrate as raids continue to trace other suspects.
- The Election Commission ordered the transfer of Patna’s SP (Rural) and disciplinary action against three officials connected to the area after reviewing the violence and administrative lapses.
- Campaign rhetoric escalated as RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav called the situation a 'maha jungle raj' and Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged the RJD forced Congress to accept Tejashwi as CM face 'at gunpoint', with polling set for November 6 and 11 and a Times Now–reported JVC poll showing a close contest.