Court sends Anant Singh to 14-day judicial custody in Mokama Murder Case

In a dramatic twist electrifying Bihar's already volatile 2025 assembly election campaign, former MLA and JDU heavyweight Anant Singh was ordered 14 days of judicial custody by a Patna court today over murder of 75-year-old Dularchand Yadav, a staunch Jan Suraaj Party supporter caught in the crossfire of political savagery. The death on October 30 in Mokama stemmed from a chaotic brawl involving stones, bullets, and unchecked fury between clashing campaign crowds, with eyewitnesses accusing Anant Singh as the orchestrator in plain sight.

Arrested alongside henchmen Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram. Anant Singh's courtroom showdown before Chief Judicial Magistrate unfolded complete with postmortem evidence and SSP Kartikeya Sharma's ironclad assertion that the violence erupted under the accused's direct watch, shattering the Election Model Code of Conduct just days before polls kick off on November 6.The.

Police swiftly suspended two SHOs—Ghoswari's Madhusudan Kumar and Bhadaur's Ravi Ranjan—for turning a blind eye, while the CID's boots-on-ground raids hunt down lingering suspects in this web of factional feuds. Cases flew thick and fast against both sides for public disruption, but it's Singh's shadow looming largest, his prior criminal tags now amplified by this fresh FIR that threatens to derail his comeback bid in a seat he's long dominated through sheer charisma and clout.