Overview
- Dularchand Yadav, a former RJD organiser campaigning with the Jan Suraaj Party, was killed during a clash that involved gunfire in Mokama.
- Investigators said shots were fired when two campaign convoys crossed each other, and they received reports that a vehicle also tried to run people over.
- Senior officers, including the Patna SSP, reached the scene as a large police deployment secured the area and opened an investigation.
- Jan Suraaj candidate Piyush Priyadarshi accused JD(U) nominee Anant Singh of orchestrating the attack, while Singh blamed RJD-linked Surajbhan Singh.
- Officials said the body had not yet been handed to police for forensic confirmation of the exact cause of death, with voting in the constituency set for November 6 and 11.