Patna: Days after amending the Prison manual, the Bihar government on Tuesday notified the emission of 27 prisoners that triggered a massive backlash from opposition parties.
Former Member of Parliament Anand Mohan Singh who was convicted in 1994 murder of District Magistrate G Krishnaiah among those who will be released.
G Krishnaiah, then District Magistrate in Gopalganj District, was killed by a mob allegedly provoked by Anand Mohan. He was sentenced to death by a lower council in 2007. However, the Patna High Court commuted it to life imprisonment. Later, the supreme court upheld the High Court order in 2012.
The Bihar government, earlier this month, removed the clause which forbade the remission of criminals convicted of murdering a public servant on duty.
In its notification, the state government said that the new rules were for prisoners who have served an actual sentence of 14 years or 20 years with remission.
The move to change the rules and Anand Mohan Singh’s release has created a huge controversy with Opposition parties like Bahujan Samaj Party and BJP terming the change as pro-criminals.
BSP Chief Mayawati termed the Anand Mohan release as “Anti Dalit”
1. बिहार की नीतीश सरकार द्वारा, आन्ध्र प्रदेश (अब तेलंगाना) महबूबनगर के रहने वाले गरीब दलित समाज से आईएएस बने बेहद ईमानदार जी. कृष्णैया की निर्दयता से की गई हत्या मामले में आनन्द मोहन को नियम बदल कर रिहा करने की तैयारी देश भर में दलित विरोधी निगेटिव कारणों से काफी चर्चाओं में है।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) April 23, 2023
2. आनन्द मोहन बिहार में कई सरकारों की मजबूरी रहे हैं, लेकिन गोपालगंज के तत्कालीन डीएम श्री कृष्णैया की हत्या मामले को लेकर नीतीश सरकार का यह दलित विरोधी व अपराध समर्थक कार्य से देश भर के दलित समाज में काफी रोष है। चाहे कुछ मजबूरी हो किन्तु बिहार सरकार इस पर जरूर पुनर्विचार करे।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) April 23, 2023
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