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Slain IAS officer G Krishnaiah's wife Uma Devi on Tuesday expressed disappointment over Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government's decision to release gangster-politician Anand Mohan Singh from prison..
Uma Devi has appealed to the prime minister and president to step in...
While speaking to AajTak, Uma Devi also termed Anand Mohan's release "an injustice" and said that the Bihar government made a wrong decision...
The Telangana-born Dalit IAS officer G Krishnaiah, who was then the district magistrate of Gopalganj, was beaten and shot dead by a mob in 1994, while his vehicle was passing through Bihar's Muzaffarpur district...
While speaking exclusively to India Today, Anand Mohan reacted to the backlash surrounding his release and expressed his sadness over Krishnaiah's death..
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