While his return is being touted as a curious case for the politics of the Kosi region, the extent of Anand Mohan's political clout remains to be seen. The Indian Express visited Panchgachhia on the day of his release from jail, nearly 15 years after he was convicted for the 1994 lynching of IAS officer G Krishnaiah
The petitioner has contended the life imprisonment awarded to the gangster-turned-politician meant incarceration for his entire natural course of life and it cannot be mechanically interpreted to last just 14 years.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by the widow of IAS officer G. Krishnaiah, who was lynched in 1994 by a mob led by former Bihar MP Anand Mohan Singh, against the latter's premature release from prison.