
Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan released from Bihar's Saharsa jail
The Hindu
Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh was released from Bihar’s Saharsa jail on April 27 morning
Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan was released from Bihar's Saharsa jail early Thursday, April 27 morning, a jail official confirmed.
Mohan’s release was necessitated after the Bihar government recently amended the prison rules allowing the release of 27 convicts including him.
He was serving a life sentence in the 1994 murder of then Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah. After the Bihar Government amended the rules of the Jail manual, an official notification stated that 27 prisoners who have served 14 years or 20 years in jail have been ordered to be released.
Posters welcoming the former MP Anand Mohan were put up at Veer Kunwar Singh Chowk in the district.
The gangster-turned-politician was earlier on parole of 15 days to attend the engagement ceremony of his MLA son Chetan Anand. He had returned to Saharsa jail on April 26 following the end of his parole period.
Earlier on Wednesday, the State prisons department had released nearly 14 convicts from various jails of the state. Mohan was among eight others who could not be released yesterday.
There has been a backlash regarding the former MP's release from jail by the opposition in the State.