Daughter of a murdered IAS officer grumbles, appeals PM Modi to intervene into the matter
Anand Mohan Singh, the man imprisoned for killing IAS officer in Bihar has been released due to new prison rule. Padma Krishnaiah, the daughter of the IAS officer killed in Bihar 29 years ago has made an appeal to the PM of India to look into the matter.
Anand Mohan Singh, a gangster-turned-politician, was released at 3 am today as a result of a change in the state's jail regulations. A significant political scandal has developed around the issue, with the Nitish Kumar administration receiving criticism from the nation's top IAS officers and BJP politicians.
I would want to appeal to that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji prevent such persons from re-entering society. I lack the authority to stop this, but if you can, pass legislation making it illegal for gangsters and mafia to operate freely in Bihar or any other state. Please think about it again, she urged in an exclusive interview with NDTV.
Ask the Bihar people if you don't know about our father. People are willing to fight for this now, even after 29 years, but not because it would reward us, she added, breaking down.
In 1994, a crowd protesting the murder of another gangster-politician affiliated with Anand Mohan Singh's party killed G Krishnaiah, Padma Krishnaiah's father and the district magistrate of Gopalganj at the time. Singh allegedly encouraged them.
G Krishnaiah was beaten to death after being pulled from his official automobile as he was merely travelling through the neighbourhood.
Anand Mohan, whose son is an MLA for Lalu Yadav's RJD, was given the death penalty in 2007. But after serving 15 years in prison, the sentence was later changed to life in prison.
BJP leaders in the state have criticised the action taken by the Nitish Kumar administration. The Bahujan Samaj Party of Mayawati said that the rule change was "anti-Dalit" and asked the state government to rethink its position.
The Central IAS Association has criticised the action, claiming that it results in "impunity, erosion of public servants' morale, undermines public order, and makes a mockery of administration of justice."
