Anand Mohan Singh released: Who is Anand Mohan; why was he convicted?
Anand Mohan Singh released: Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh was released from Bihar's Saharsa jail early Thursday morning.
Singh's release was necessitated after the Bihar government recently amended the prison rules allowing the release of 27 convicts including him.
He was serving a life sentence in the 1994 murder of then Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah. After the Bihar Government amended the rules of the Jail manual, an official notification stated that 27 prisoners who have served 14 years or 20 years in jail have been ordered to be released.
Who is Anand Mohan Singh?
Anand Mohan Singh is former MP from the Sheohar Lok Sabha seat. Born n January 28 in 1954, he is convicted killer, politician and founder of the now-defunct Bihar People’s Party (BPP).
His introduction to politics came through involvement with the Sampoorna Kranti movement of Jayaprakash Narayan, which caused him to drop out of college in 1974
Anand Mohan was convicted in 2007 in the murder of 1985-batch IAS officer and then District Magistrate of Gopalganj G Krishnaiah, in 1994. His wife Lovely Anand has also been a Lok Sabha MP, while their son Chetan Anand is an RJD MLA from Bihar's Sheohar
Why was Anand Mohan Singh convicted?
Anand Mohan Singh was convicted in murder of Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah on December 5, 1994, in Muzaffarpur. Krishnaiah was killed by a mob allegedly provoked by Anand Mohan Singh. He was dragged out of his official car and lynched.
G Krishnaiah, a 1985-batch IAS officer who hailed from Mahbubnagar in present-day Telangana.
Anand Mohan was sentenced to death by a trial court in 2007. A year later, the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the Patna High Court. Mohan then challenged the verdict in Supreme Court but no relief has been granted yet and he has remained in Saharsa jail since 2007.
Meanwhile, as Anand Singh Mohan walked out of jail, posters welcoming the former MP Anand Mohan were put up at Veer Kunwar Singh Chowk in the district. While there has been a backlash regarding the former MP’s release from jail by the opposition.
The gangster-turned-politician was earlier on parole of 15 days to attend the engagement ceremony of his MLA son Chetan Anand. He had returned to Saharsa jail on April 26 following the end of his parole period.
- With inputs from agencies
