Former MP Anand Mohan Singh, accused in IAS officer murder case, walks out of jail

Anand Mohan Singh, Gangster-turned-politician was released from Bihar's Saharsa jail early Thursday morning, a jail official confirmed. He was convicted in the murder of IAS officer G. Krishnaiah in Bihar in 1994, the Bahubali leader's son on Wednesday expressed his desire to meet the family of the slain IAS officer in Hyderabad. On Monday, the law department of the Bihar government issued a notification for the release of 27 prisoners, including Anand Mohan Singh. He has been in jail since 2007. The move came after the home department notified a change in the Bihar Prison Manual 2012, deleting the phrase relating to "murder of a government servant on duty". The supporters of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, welcomed his release from Saharsa jail in Bihar.  

#WATCH | Supporters of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, welcome his release from Saharsa jail in Bihar.

Bihar government had recently amended the prison rules allowing the release of 27 convicts including him. He was serving a life sentence in the 1994 murder of… pic.twitter.com/zR2EW5wcsX

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Chetan Anand, RJD MLA and son of Anand Mohan said, "I wish to go to Hyderabad and meet the wife and daughters of G. Krishnaiah and console them. We have great sympathy for the family. If they agree to meet us, our entire family will go to Hyderabad. We have contacted our people in Hyderabad and asked them to go to the house of G. Uma Krishnaiah (the wife of G. Krishnaiah). If she agrees, our entire family will go there and console her and her daughters."
 
"The Supreme Court had held my father guilty of the murder of G. Krishnaiah, even though he was not guilty. Other persons were responsible for his murder," Chetan Anand said.
 
Uma Krishnaiah had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and stop the release of Anand Mohan Singh, the person convicted for the Dalit IAS officer`s lynching.
 
Uma Krishnaiah had said Modi should intervene and make Nitish Kumar withdraw his decision, which will set a bad precedent and have serious repercussions for the entire society.
 
"My husband was an IAS officer and it is the Centre`s responsibility to ensure that justice is done," she had said.
 
She had also alleged that Nitish Kumar is releasing the killer of her husband for Rajput votes and to form the government again.
 
Uma Krishnaiah, who had moved to Hyderabad a few days after losing her husband, had said the Rajput community should also think if a criminal like Anand Mohan Singh can do any good to them and to society.
 
The widow of the slain bureaucrat also said that she was not happy when Anand Mohan was awarded life imprisonment instead of the death penalty.
 
"Now it is heartbreaking for me that he is being released even before completing the sentence," she had said.