Election Commission seeks report from Bihar DGP on Mokama murder case

Patna (Bihar) [India], October 31 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday sought a detailed report from the Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) regarding the murder of Dularchand Yadav in Mokama.
Dularchand Yadav was killed during firing between the two sides while campaigning for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections in Mokama yesterday.
Earlier today, Patna Rural SP Vikram Sihag said that three FIRs have been registered in the Mokama murder case.
"In a recent incident involving stone-throwing and attacks, three FIRs have been registered. The deceased's body was taken for last rites after the post-mortem, heading back to their home and then to the ghat. Continuous deployment is ongoing. The post-mortem on the deceased was conducted by three doctors of the medical board," Sihag said.
"A total of five accused have been identified by the deceased's grandson, while six accused have been named in another application. The police have registered cases against unidentified individuals," Sihag added.
Patna Rural SP further added that two arrests have been made so far related to the stone-throwing incident at the scene, and the investigation is being continued by utilising various evidence and other testimonies.
"The post-mortem report is expected tomorrow, which will clarify the cause of death. Prime facie, initial findings indicate a single bullet mark on the body," Sihag added.
Earlier today, the body of Dularchand Yadav was taken for postmortem to the Sub-Divisional Hospital in Barh under tight security. A large number of police personnel were also deployed along the route.
Large numbers of Dularchand's supporters gathered outside the hospital, staging protests. His remains arrived at his residence after the postmortem.
Meanwhile, Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Friday condemned the killing of Dularchand Yadav in Mokama and held the administration responsible for the incident, calling it a clear failure of law and order in the state.
He said that such incidents reflect the persistence of the "jungle raj" that people of Bihar have long spoken about. Kishor further clarified that Yadav wasn't officially the worker of Jan Suraaj; instead, he was supporting the Jan Suraaj candidate from Mokama, Priyadarshi Piyush.
"He isn't officially a member of Jan Suraaj. He was supporting Piyush Ji, the official Jan Suraaj candidate. This shows that 'jungle-raj' that people have always talked of. Violence has no place in democracy. The murder of someone is the responsibility of the administration and those responsible for law and order, and it's their failure," Prashant Kishor told ANI.
He further appealed people to choose candidate without any criminal records and said Jan Suraaj has given options to them.
The Jan Suraaj founder asserted, "'Baahubali' may belong to any caste, any community, village, or ideology, but what is wrong is wrong. I've said in a previous statement that strongmen aren't afraid to fight strongmen. They're afraid to fight good people. Therefore, Jan Suraaj has provided the public with this option. Not just in Mokama, but in many other areas of Bihar... Now it's up to the people of Bihar to choose clean people or the same old corrupt, strongmen."
Dularchand Yadav was shot dead on Thursday following a clash between two groups during election campaigning in Bihar's Mokama, police said.
The deceased Dularchand Yadav was in the convoy when the incident happened.
According to Abhishek Singh, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Barh-2, the firing broke out when the convoys of two parties crossed paths and an altercation ensued.
"Police received information that the convoys of two parties were crossing each other when one party fired at the other over some issue, and also tried to run them over. FIR will be registered and further action will be taken. FSL has been informed. Proper investigation will be done here and further action will be taken," Singh told reporters.
The police said that a proper investigation would be conducted in the case, and further action would be taken.
Mokama is infamous for being a stronghold of influential and often controversial "strongmen" or "bahubalis" in Bihar politics, most notably Anant Kumar Singh, his brother Dilip Singh and Surajbhan Singh.
This year, the electoral battle in Mokama Assembly constituency in Patna district, Bihar, is centred around two Bahubalis - Anant Singh and Surajbhan Singh, who dominate the region's political narrative.
Mokama, which will vote in the first phase on November 6, is once again set to witness a high-voltage electoral contest in the 2025 polls, as Janata Dal (United) has fielded strongman Anant Singh, while the Rashtriya Janata Dal has nominated Veena Devi, wife of former MP and influential leader Surajbhan Singh.
Both candidates come from the Bhumihaar community, setting the stage for a direct clash of political legacies in one of Bihar's most volatile yet politically significant constituencies. (ANI)