Patna: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday ordered the transfer of Patna Superintendent of Police (Rural) Vikram Sihag and action against three other officials, two days after a violent clash between supporters of the JD (U) candidate Anant Singh and Jan Suraaj Party including gangster-turned-politician Dular Chand Yadav in Mokama, leaving the latter dead.

The EC had sought a report on the incident from the Bihar Director General of Police on Friday. In its instructions to the state chief electoral officer on Saturday, the EC ordered Sihag’s transfer and directed that a panel of officers to select his substitute be sent urgently.

It also ordered the replacement of Mokama sub-divisional officer-cum-returning officer Chandan Kumar, sub-divisional police officer (Barh-1) Rakesh Kumar,

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