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Mokama Murder Case Update:  Former Bihar MLA and a Janata Dal United (JDU) candidate in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, Anant Singh, has been arrested in connection with the Jan Suraj worker Dular Chand Yadav's killing.

The state police, in a late-night search operation on Saturday, apprehended Singh. Yadav, who was earlier a supporter of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and had started working for political analyst Prashant Kishore's party Jan Suraj, was killed on Thursday.

The incident took place when Yadav was campaigning for his nephew, Piyush Priyadarshi, in Mokama.

Anant Singh was arrested at his residence in Barh. Besides Anant Singh, two other accused, Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram, who were also present when the incident took place, were also arrested.

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As per Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Patna, Kartikeya Sharma, “Police have arrested three persons — Anant Singh, Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram, in connection with the murder of Dular Chand Yadav." Sharma informed about the arrest through a late-night press conference with Patna District Magistrate Thyagarajan SM.

Yadav Died Of Heart Failure, Not Gunshot: Police

During the press conference, Sharma said Yadav's post-mortem report reveals that he did not die because of a gunshot, but heart failure led to his demise.

Yadav was shot near the ankle joint after which he was taken to a hospital, but died later. The autopsy report stated the bullet wound was not the cause of his death. The autopsy revealed that the shock triggered by the injury led to his heart failure.

“Therefore, the post-mortem report and preliminary investigation suggest that it's a case of murder,” he said.

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The case appears to be of political rivalry as Singh's wife, Neelam Devi, currently represents the Mokama constituency in the Assembly.

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