Incarcerated Independent MLA takes oath

Independent MLA Anant Singh, who is in jail in connection with several criminal cases, took oath of membership of Bihar legislative Assembly today.
Singh, an independent MLA from Mokama, was administered oath by Speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhary.
Immediately after taking oath, the three-time MLA was taken back by the police to Beur Central Jail where he has been lodged for the past six months.
The Patna High Court on March 17 allowed Singh's petition and asked the Assembly Secretariat to fix a date for his oath.
Singh faces several criminal cases and was arrested in July last year in connection with a kidnapping case in Bihta in Patna district in November, 2014.

The arrest of the MLA, known for his muscle power, took place after demand by RJD President Lalu Prasad in the wake of a kidnapping of four youths, one of whom was later found murdered in Barh in rural Patna.
After Anant Singh quit JD-U on September 2, 2015, the grand secular alliance fielded Member of Legislative Council, Niraj Kumar, from Mokama.