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NDA nominee and JD(U) campaigner Anant Kumar Singh is presently starring successful the polls successful the Mokama constituency, pulling up of RJD’s Veena Devi by much than 22,000 votes arsenic counting is successful advancement for the Bihar Assembly elections 2025. The gangster-turned-politician is presently successful jail, aft being arrested for the execution of Jan Suraaj Party canvass idiosyncratic Dular Chand Yadav successful the aboriginal hours of November 2, 2025.
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Yadav had died connected October 30 portion campaigning for Piyush Priyadarshi, the Jan Suraaj Party campaigner for the Mokama constituency. According to Yadav’s post-mortem report, helium died of cardiorespiratory nonaccomplishment owed to daze caused by wounded to the bosom and lungs by a hard and blunt substance, Kartikeya Sharma, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Patna, had said. The incidental had taken spot successful the Mokama Taal area, adjacent to the Bhadaur and Ghoswari constabulary stations.
Mr. Singh, a gangster-turned-politician, has reportedly been nether the scanner since then. The ex-MLA was picked up by constabulary from his location successful Barh, astir 200 kilometres from the State superior Patna. Two others, Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram, who were reportedly contiguous during the incident, person besides been arrested.
When asked astir the sidesplitting of Yadav, Mr. Singh had admitted to a clash betwixt his supporters and the deceased, but besides sought to enactment the blasted connected Suraj Bhan, his aged rival successful the underworld and section politics, whose woman Veena Devi is contesting the spot connected an RJD ticket.
Mr. Singh has antecedently been convicted for the possession of weapons successful 2022, resulting successful his disqualification arsenic MLA, aft holding the spot since 2005 arsenic an RJD member. He switched to the JD(U) successful 2024. His woman Neelam Devi presently represents the Mokama seat. Mr. Singh has besides been booked for exemplary codification of behaviour violations during his campaigning for the Bihar Assembly elections, for reportedly moving astir successful ample cavalcades.
