NEW DELHI: Taking agency motion within the wake of current homicide of Jan Suraaj Celebration supporter Dularchand Yadav in Mokama meeting constituency in Bihar, the Election Fee on Saturday ordered the substitute of superintendent of police (SP), Patna Rural, and the Mokama returning officer.The ballot panel additionally referred to as for initiation of disciplinary proceedings in opposition to Mokama returning officer Chandan Kumar and two sub divisional cops Rakesh Kumar and Abhishek Singh “on the earliest” and requested the report back to be furnished to the fee.
The EC additional directed the quick suspension of Abhishek Singh over the purported ‘legislation and order' lapse. In a communication despatched on Saturday to the Bihar chief electoral officer, the fee stated it had permitted the substitute of Chandan Kumar, sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Barh and returning officer of Mokama AC, with Ashish Kumar, an IAS officer and at the moment extra municipal commissioner of Patna Municipal Company. The ballot panel additionally permitted Anand Kumar Singh, deputy SP (DySP), CID, Patna as Rakesh Kumar's substitute and introduced Ayush Shrivastava, Dy SP, Anti-Terrorist Squad, Patna, rather than Abhishek Singh.Directing that Patna Rural SP Vikram Sihag can also be transferred, the EC urgently sought a panel of officers for posting his substitute. “A compliance report on this regard could also be furnished by 12 midday of Nov 2, 2025,” EC instructed the CEO. Dularchand Yadav was shot lifeless in Mokama a few days again in the course of election marketing campaign. The homicide triggered a political slugfest with completely different events condemning the incident. RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav cited the incident as a legislation and order failure and questioned the Patna administration and the EC over motion to be taken within the wake of the incident. Mokama – which matches to polls on Nov 6 — is thought for being a stronghold of controversial ‘bahubalis' or strongmen who use muscle-power to disturb the extent taking part in subject and affect electors to vote for his or her favoured candidate.
