[2] His wife, Veena Devi, was an MP from Munger parliamentary constituency on a Lok Janshakti Party.

At the time of fighting the 2000 elections, police records credited him with 26 criminal cases ranging across Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

[5] After he was elected an independent MLA from the Mokama Assembly constituency (Patna district) then became MP of Balia, Bihar, on a LJP ticket.

[6][7] In 2009, he is convicted in Brij Behari Prasad Murder Case but in 2014 he along 9 accused had been acquitted by the High Court.

[10] On Sunday, 10 May 2009 unidentified men shot dead the main witness Naga Singh and his grandson near Barauni in Begusarai.