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Ex-Don, now JD(U) candidate in Bihar, has assets worth ₹37 crore, faces 28 criminal cases

Posted on: Oct 15, 2025 12:14 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Ex-Don, now JD(U) candidate in Bihar, has assets worth  ₹37 crore, faces 28 criminal cases
DOn-turned-politician Anant Kumar Singh, popularly known as 'Chhote Sarkar', who filed his nomination papers as a JD(U) prospect from the Mokama assemblage sit down in Bihar, stated that he owns transportable and immovable assets worth ₹37.88 crore, according to the affidavit filed by him.Singh submitted his nomination papers on Tuesday to the Election Commission, before the JD(U) officially announced its candidate list for the upcoming assembly polls.According to party sources, he filed the papers after receiving the JD(U) symbol from its top leadership.Singh’s wife, Neelam Devi, who had won the Mokama seat on an RJD ticket in the 2020 polls, shifted her support to the NDA government in the state.His wife owns movable and immovable assets worth ₹62.72 crore.Mokama will go for polls in the first phase on November 6.In the affidavit filed before the returning officer along with the nomination papers, Singh declared that he has movable assets worth ₹26.66 crore and immovable ones worth ₹11.22 crore.His wife owns movable assets worth ₹13.07 crore and ₹49.65 crore of immovable properties.According to the affidavit, Singh, a five-time MLA from Mokama, has ₹15.61 lakh in cash, while his wife has ₹34.60 lakh.Singh has several bank accounts and gold jewellery worth ₹15 lakh.Neelam also has several bank accounts and gold jewellery worth ₹76.61 lakh.As per the affidavit, Sigh's movable assets also include three luxury SUV cars worth ₹3.23 crore, and his wife also owns three luxury cars worth ₹77.62 lakh.Besides, his other assets include horses and cows.Singh is also facing 28 criminal cases against him, according to the affidavit.Irrespective of the party affiliation, Singh’s family has been winning the seat since 1990, except for a brief interlude during which it was wrested by a rival "bahubali".Singh gave the mantle to his wife Neelam in 2022, when his conviction in a UAPA case led to his disqualification from the assembly.He was recently acquitted by the Patna High Court.Singh made it clear that he can no longer entrust his spouse with guarding the family fortress.The RJD vowed to make things difficult for 'Chhote Sarkar', as Singh is known in Mokama, by backing whoever promises the toughest challenge.

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