Anand Mohan, a former MP from Bihar, imprisoned in Saharsa jail in Bihar for the past 15 years due to his conviction in the murder case of an IAS officer, was released. He is among the 27 prisoners who will be released from prison as a result of the amendment to the prison regulations.On Thursday, Anand Mohan, a former Member of Parliament from Bihar, who was found guilty of murdering an IAS officer, was released from prison. The Bihar government has been under scrutiny for amending the prison manual, which led to the release of a politician with a criminal history.On April 10, the government of Nitish Kumar in the state of Bihar made changes to the Bihar Prison Manual, 2012. They removed the clause that prohibited remission of jail term for the murder of a public servant on duty.During an interaction with the media, the daughter of G. Krishnaiah, the IAS officer who was murdered by a mob allegedly instigated by Anand Mohan Singh, expressed disappointment and sadness at the news of his release from prison. She urged the government to reconsider this decision and appealed to Nitish Kumar to give it a second thought, as she felt that releasing him would set a wrong precedent and be unjust not only to her family but to the entire nation. She also stated that they would be appealing against the decision.Uma Devi, the wife of G. Krishnaiah, expressed her strong opposition to the release of Anand Mohan Singh and stated that the public would protest against it and demand his return to jail. She believed that releasing him was an incorrect decision and that the Chief Minister should not encourage such actions. She also urged the public to boycott him if he were to contest elections in the future and appealed to the authorities to send him back to jail.Sources have revealed that Anand Mohan, the politician who was recently released from prison, has gone to a relatives residence in Saharsa and is expected to hold a rally at 11 am. Additionally, retired IPS officer Amitabh Das is set to file a petition challenging the Bihar governments decision to amend the Bihar Prison rules, which led to Anand Mohans release. This petition was supposed to get filed in the Patna High Court at 11 am.The release of Anand Mohan and the change in prison rules has caused a political controversy. The Indian Civil and Administrative Service (Central) Association has expressed strong disapproval of the Bihar governments decision and issued a statement on Monday expressing their deep concern. The association claimed that this decision was equivalent to denying justice and appealed to the state government to reconsider its decision.According to the statement released by the Indian Civil and Administrative Service (Central) Association, they are greatly concerned about the Bihar state governments decision to release the convicts who were involved in the violent murder of G. Krishnaiah, a former district magistrate of Gopalganj. The association believes that a prisoner convicted of killing a public servant while on duty should not be reclassified to a less severe category. They argue that such a move is not appropriate and should be reconsidered by the state government.Anand Mohan, who was found guilty of the murder of G. Krishnaiah, a young IAS officer from Mahbubnagar in present-day Telangana, had been serving a life sentence for the crime. In 1994, Krishnaiah was on his way to Gopalganj when he was attacked and killed by a mob near Muzaffarpur during the funeral procession of Anand Mohans associate, a “gangster” named Chhotan Shukla. It was alleged that Anand Mohan instigated the crowd to carry out the lynching. In 2007, Mohan was sentenced to death for his involvement in the crime, but a year later, the Patna High Court commuted the sentence to life imprisonment after he appealed against the lower courts verdict.
