Overview
- Patna Police took Singh into custody around 11:45 pm at Barh and brought him to Patna by 1:45 am, naming him the principal accused alongside the arrests of Manikant Thakur and Ranjit Ram.
- Police say preliminary findings place Singh at the scene, with a postmortem reported by them noting severe chest and lung trauma and a bullet wound to the ankle, while an earlier report had cited cardio-respiratory failure.
- About 80 people have been detained for questioning as night raids continued across Mokama, Pandarak and nearby areas, with stones from the clash seized for forensic sampling and the probe handed to the CID.
- Investigators plan to present the three accused in court today to seek judicial custody, with further custodial interrogation under consideration after the November 6 polling.
- The killing has disrupted campaigning, leading to an NDA manifesto event that lasted about 60 seconds, while BJP MP Manoj Tiwari separately alleged an attack on his Buxar roadshow and filed complaints with authorities.