India, Nov. 2 -- The Bihar Police arrested Janata Dal (United) assembly candidate from Mokama, Anant Singh, along with his two aides from Bedna village on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday in connection with the murder of Dularchand Yadav, a campaigner for Jan Suraaj candidate Piyush Priyadarshi.

Patna District Magistrate (DM) Thiyagrajan S.M. and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kartikey Sharma held a joint press conference at 3 am on Saturday to announce the arrest of former MLA Anant Singh along with his two aides, Manikant Thakur and Ranjit Ram.

The development came hours after the Election Commission of India (ECI) removed the Barh Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) and Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO).

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