Padma Krishnaiah’s father and the then District Magistrate of Gopalganj G. Krishnaiah was killed by a mob.
Hyderabad:
Padma Krishnaiah, the daughter of an IAS officer who was killed 29 years ago in Bihar, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene for the release of Anand Mohan Singh, who is jailed in the case. Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh was released at 3 am today following changes in the state’s prison rules. The matter has turned into a major political controversy with the country’s apex body of IAS officers and BJP leaders criticizing the Nitish Kumar government.
“I would request PM Narendra Modi ji – Such people should not come back in the society. I don’t have the strength to fight this…Please bring a law so that such gangsters and mafia can’t roam freely in Bihar or any other state ” Please reconsider the situation,” she told NDTV in an exclusive interview.
“If you don’t know about our father, please ask the people of Bihar. Today, even after 29 years, people are ready to fight for it, not because it is a reward for us.”
In 1994, G Krishnaiah – Padma Krishnaiah’s father and the then District Magistrate of Gopalganj – was killed by a mob protesting the killing of another gangster-turned-politician belonging to Anand Mohan Singh’s party. He was allegedly instigated by Singh.
G Krishnaiah, who was passing through the area, was pulled out of his official car and beaten to death.
In 2007, Anand Mohan, whose son is an MLA from Lalu Yadav’s RJD, was sentenced to death. But later the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and he remained in jail for 15 years.
Earlier this month, the Bihar government changed prison rules, allowing exemption from jail term for those convicted of killing a public servant on duty.
Leaders of the state’s opposition BJP have condemned this move of the Nitish Kumar government. Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party said the change in rules was “anti-Dalit” and urged the state government to reconsider the decision.
The Central IAS Association has condemned the move, saying it leads to “impunity, demoralization of public servants, undermines public order and makes a travesty of the administration of justice”.