AMN / NEW DELHI
The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Bihar government and others in response to a petition filed by deceased IAS officer G Krishnaiah’s wife, Uma Krishnaiah, contesting the premature release of gangster turned politician Anand Mohan Singh from prison. He was granted early release under a jail term remission order for which prison rules has recently been altered by the state government. 27 inmates including Anand Mohan Singh got the early release.
Anand was serving a life sentence for his suspected role in the 1994 murder of G Krishnaiah, a young IAS officer, during the funeral procession of Muzaffarpur mobster Chhotan Shukla. Anand, who had been imprisoned for the past 15 years after being convicted in the case, was released on 27th April.