Anant Kumar Singh was arrested earlier, before the polling began in Bihar, by Patna Police in connection with the murder case of a Jan Suraaj supporter, Dularchand Yadav, the Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kartikeya Sharma said.
All arrangements are in place for the first phase of Bihar polls on Thursday in 121 constituencies with 3.75 crore voters eligible to exercise their franchise across 45,341 polling stations.
A day before the first phase of the Bihar elections, Union Minister and JDU leader Rajiv Ranjan, alias Lalan Singh, addressed his controversial remark made during a roadshow in support of party candidate Anant Singh on Wednesday. He claimed that only a portion of the video had gone viral
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday asserted that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has "zero tolerance" towards violence and assured that the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections will be held in a completely "peaceful, law-abiding and transparent manner."
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav condemned the violence in Mokama, where clashes occurred between two groups during the election campaign for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, resulting in the death of a Jan Suraj party supporter.