New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- Anant Kumar Singh, the Janata Dal (United) candidate from Mokama, has been arrested in connection with the firing that led to the murder of Jan Suraaj leader Dularchand Yadav during Bihar election campaigning. Patna SSP confirmed the arrest of JDU's Mokama candidate for the upcoming Bihar election.

According to the reports, Anant Kumar Singh was arrested and taken to Patna.

Jan Suraaj's Mokama candidate Piyush Priyadarshi, also Dularchand Yadav's nephew, spoke with ANI after the arrest of his opponent from JD(U) and said Anant Singh should have been arrested sooner.

Piyush Priyadarshi said, "This is a good gesture, but it would have been good had they taken action sooner. Today, he was moving around in a convoy of ...