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Patna, Nov 4 (IANS) Patna Police on Tuesday said it has seized two vehicles that were allegedly being used in the election campaign of JDU candidate Ananth Kumar Singh in Mokama without the requisite permission.
In an official statement, the police said that on November 3 around 4 pm, a team led by Mokama SHO Santosh Kumar – along with executive officer Santosh Kumar Rajak, deputed as FST magistrate for the assembly elections – was patrolling to ensure implementation of the model code of conduct, when two vehicles were found violating the code of conduct.
Police said a black Mahindra Scorpio (registration number BR-01PL-1107) was stopped and the driver, Manish Kumar, told officers that the vehicle was being used for election campaigning for Ananth Kumar Singh without permission.
A Toto e-rickshaw with “Arrow” (JDU) banner was also seized. Its driver Ansuman Kumar also told officials that it was being used in the operation, the statement said.
Both the vehicles were confiscated.
Police said an FIR has been registered against JDU candidate Ananth Kumar Singh, his agent Rajiv Ranjan and vehicle owners/drivers under Mokama police station case number 417/25 – sections 174/223 BNS and 119(2)/190(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
Police said necessary legal action is being taken.
Anant Kumar Singh is currently lodged in Beur jail in judicial custody in the Dularchand murder case.
Dularchand Yadav, a supporter of Jan Suraj candidate Piyush Priyadarshi alias Lallu Mukhiya, was murdered on Thursday (October 30), leading to tension in Mokama area.
Initial claims say that Dularchand Yadav was killed by bullet injury. He was also shot in the leg, but this was not the cause of his death.
The postmortem report revealed that the fatal injury was caused by a vehicle running over his chest, resulting in multiple fractures and a punctured lung.
Anant Singh’s name had come up in the initial investigation.
–IANS
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