India, Oct. 31 -- Heavy security was deployed in the Mokama Assembly constituency near the state capital in Bihar, a day after gangster-turned-politician Dular Chand Yadav was allegedly shot dead during an election campaign.

Yadav, once known for rubbing shoulders with the who's who of politics in Bihar, was campaigning for his nephew and Jan Suraaj Party's candidate Piyush Priyadarshi in the Mokama constituency.

The Mokama seat, which goes to voting in the first phase on November 6, is seeing a high-voltage contest as the Janata Dal (United) has fielded strongman Anant Singh, while the Rashtriya Janata Dal has nominated Veena Devi, wife of former MP and influential leader Surajbhan Singh.

According to the family, Dularchand was shot a...