"Encouraging Criminals": Murdered IAS Officer's Widow On Ex Bihar MP's Release

Anand Mohan Singh: Ms Krishnaiah called the decision a "selfish motivation" and suggested it will incentivise criminals.

The death sentence for gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, accused in the murder of a Dalit bureaucrat in Bihar, was "good", as people wouldn't fear criminals if he was hanged, the murdered IAS officer's widow said, expressing disappointment at the Bihar government tweaking prison rules facilitating the Rajput strongman's release after 15 years of jail. The decision is sending "wrong signals" in the society, she said, and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and ask Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to take the decision back.

"Not a good decision. We were not happy with the life imprisonment decision earlier but now he is being released and entering politics. We don't agree with the move. It's in a way encouraging the criminals. It sends out a message that you can commit a crime, and go to jail but then get freed and join politics. The death penalty was good," Uma Krishnaiah, wife of Dalit bureaucrat G Krishnaiah, told NDTV.

Then Gopalganj District Magistrate, G Krishnaiah was killed by a mob allegedly provoked by Anand Mohan Singh. Mr Krishnaiah was attacked by a mob protesting with the body of Chhotan Shukla, another gangster-politician of Anand Mohan's party, who was killed a day earlier. He was dragged out of his official car and lynched.

Ms Krishnaiah called the decision a "selfish motivation" and suggested it will incentivise criminals. She further called it a political decision that "nobody would like".