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PATNA: Guns had fallen silent in Bihar's Mokama, notorious for election violence from late 1980s to 2005, for the last 20 years. But the first political murder on Thursday has opened old wounds in this assembly constituency of the poll-bound state. Dularchand Yadav (76), a local strongman, was first shot and then ran over by an SUV during a clash between two groups in Mokama "taal (riverine)" area. He was taking part in a poll campaign led by Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) when the clash broke out. The autopsy report states bullet injury in the ankle, broken ribs and internal organ injuries. The Yadav chieftain's grandson has blamed the JDU candidate and strongman Anant Singh - his two nephews Ranvir and Karmveer - and a dozen unnamed persons for the killing. Dularchand's writ ran over

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