Anant Kumar Singh, the Janata Dal (United) candidate in Mokama constituency, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Jan Suraaj Party worker Dular Chand Yadav, said he had complete faith in the people’s support.
Singh's arrest has come just days before his constituency will go to the polls in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections on November 6.
The former MLA shared a video on Facebook which showed him being escorted by police personnel.
“Satyamev Jayate! I have complete faith in the people of Mokama!! Now the people of Mokama will fight this election,” he wrote in the caption.
Yadav, a gangster-turned-politician, was campaigning for his nephew and Jan Suraaj Party candidate, Piyush Priyadarshi, when he was killed during a firing between two groups on October 30.
Singh was arrested along with his two associates—Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram. All three will be presented before the magistrate on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the grandson of Yadav told PTI that the family will not perform the ‘brahambhoj' unless all five accused named in the FIR are arrested. Brahambhoj is a ritual performed after the death of a person.
"We are demanding that all five people involved in the killing of my grandfather must be arrested. My grandfather was killed by his opponents with the help of the administration,” he said.
Patna District Magistrate Dr Thiyagarajan S.M. maintained that the situation in Mokama is under control. He said over 80 people have been taken into custody in connection with the clashes and firing incidents. |
