A Patna court on Sunday (November 2) remanded JD(U) candidate from Mokama seat, Anant Singh, 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. "The court sent Singh and the two others to judicial custody for two weeks," his lawyer Naveen Kumar told reporters. From the court, they were taken to Patna's Beur Jail.

Murder accusation

Singh had been under scrutiny since the death of Yadav, who clashed with the former MLA's supporters. He was picked up from his house in Barh, about 200 km from Patn

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