Singh, the multiple-term former MLA, whose wife Neelam Devi currently represents the Mokama seat, has also been booked for model code of conduct violation, as instances of his movement in large cavalcades have come to the fore

xPatna : Former Bihar MLA Anant Singh, the JD(U) candidate from the Mokama seat, was arrested early on Sunday in connection with the murder of Jan Suraaj supporter Dular Chand Yadav, police said.

Singh has been under the scanner since the death of Yadav, who recently clashed with his sympathisers, and was picked up from his house in Barh, about 200 km from the state capital, Patna.

Police also arrested two other persons, Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram, in connection with the killing of Yadav.

All three will be produced before a court during the day.

Yadav died

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