India, Nov. 3 -- A court in Patna on Sunday remanded Anant Singh, the JD(U) candidate from Mokama seat, and his two associates to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the murder of Jan Suraaj Party supporter Dular Chand Yadav.

Singh, a former Bihar MLA, and his two aides, Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram, who were earlier arrested in connection with Yadav's murder, were produced before the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Patna. From the court, they were taken to Patna's Beur Jail.

Singh had been under the scanner since the murder of Yadav, who had recently clashed with the former MLA's supporters. He was picked up from his house in Barh, about 200km from the State capital Patna.

Police later arrested Singh and two ...