NEW DELHI, Apr 27: As gangster-politician Anand Mohan Singh walked out of the Saharsa jail on the wee hours of Thursday freed by the Bihar government, Padma Krishnaiah, the daughter of the IAS officer murdered in Bihar 29 years ago, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and get his release reverted.
Singh, who was sentenced to death in 2007 for the murder of the then Gopalganj district magistrate IAS officer G Krishnaiah, father of Padma, in 1994 but his sentence commuted to life imprisonment a year later, was granted premature release by the Bihar government recently.
Anand Mohan Singh walked out of the jail at 3 am on Thursday following a tweak in the jail rules of the state. The matter has turned into a huge political controversy, with the top body of IAS officers in the country and leaders of the BJP criticising the Nitish Kumar government.
“I would request PM Narendra Modi ji — such people should not come back into society. I do not have the power to fight this… please bring a law so that such gangsters and mafia cannot roam free in Bihar or any other state. Please reconsider the situation,” she said.
“If you do not know about our father, please ask the people of Bihar. Today, even after 29 years, people are ready to fight for this,” she added, breaking down.
G Krishnaiah was killed by a mob that was protesting over the murder of another gangster-politician belonging to Anand Mohan Singh’s party. They were allegedly egged on by Singh. G Krishnaiah, who was just passing through the area, was dragged out of his official car and beaten to death.
Earlier this month, the Bihar government tweaked the prison rules, allowing remission of jail term of those convicted for murdering a public servant on duty. Leaders of the state’s opposition BJP have slammed the Nitish Kumar government’s move. Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party said the tweak in rules was “anti-Dalit” and requested the state government to reconsider the decision.
Slamming the move, the Central IAS Association has said it leads to “impunity, erosion of morale of public servants, undermines public order and makes a mockery of administration of justice.”
(Manas Dasgupta)