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A group representing central civil services officers expressed "deep dismay" at the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government's move to tweak prison rules that set free gangster-politician Anand Mohan, saying it "tantamounted to denial of justice"...
The Bihar government recently amended its prison manual to facilitate the release of Anand Mohan, who was convicted in the 1994 murder of then Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah, a 1985-batch IAS officer...
In a statement, the Indian Civil and Administrative Service (Central) Association said the Bihar government's move "leads to erosion in the morale of public servants" and urged it to reconsider its decision...
"The Central IAS Association expresses its deep dismay at the decision of the state government of Bihar to release the convicts of the brutal killing of G Krishnaiah, IAS, former district magistrate of Gopalganj, by a change in classification rules of prisoners," the statement said.. "Amendment of an existing classification which leads to the release of the convicted killer of a public servant on duty is tantamount to denial of justice..
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