WATCH: Supporters Welcome Gangster-Turned-Politician Anand Mohan Singh With ‘Zindabad’ Slogans As He Walks Out Of Jail

The supporters held placards praising Singh and yelled, “Anand Mohan Zindabad,” the video of which was shared on social media.

Anand Mohan Singh who had already completed 14 years in jail in the murder case, was released on the basis of good behaviour.  ( Image Source :ANI )

The supporters of the gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, celebrated his release from the Saharsa jail in Bihar, and displayed posters welcoming him.  The supporters held placards praising Singh and yelled, “Anand Mohan Zindabad,” the video of which was shared on social media. Posters welcoming the former MP Anand Mohan were also put up at Veer Kunwar Singh Chowk in the district. In a video shared by news agency ANI, the supporters were seen holding posters and raising slogans, waiting to welcome him after his release from Saharsa jail in Bihar.

Singh was released from the jail on Thursday.  

The Bihar government had recently amended the Bihar Police Jail Manuals, 2012, allowing the release of 27 convicts including him. Singh was serving life imprisonment in connection with the lynching of Gopalganj district magistrate G Krishnaiah in 1994. The former MP, who had already completed 14 years in jail in the murder case, was released on the basis of good behaviour.

#WATCH | Supporters of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, welcome his release from Saharsa jail in Bihar.

Bihar government had recently amended the prison rules allowing the release of 27 convicts including him. He was serving a life sentence in the 1994 murder of… pic.twitter.com/zR2EW5wcsX

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Singh was earlier on parole for 15 days to attend the engagement ceremony of his MLA son Chetan Anand. He had returned to Saharsa jail on April 26 following the end of his parole period.

Meanwhile, there has been a backlash regarding the former MP's release from jail by the opposition in the state.

However, responding to the uproar over his imminent release, Anand Mohan Singh on Tuesday took a dig at the BJP and said convicts in Bilkis Bano case were also released under Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's pressure.

"In Gujarat also, some decisions have been taken under the pressure of RJD and Nitish Kumar, go and see that. Some people have been released and garlanded. Yes, I am pointing out to that case (Bilkis Bano case) only," Singh told the media, according to ANI.

He said that he has "full sympathy" with the slain IAS officer's family.

"I have full sympathy for G Krishnaiah's family. This episode ruined two families, that of Lovely Anand (his wife), and G Kishnaiah," the former MP added.
G Krishnaiah was killed by a mob allegedly provoked by Anand Mohan Singh. He was dragged out of his official car and lynched. Krishnaiah, a 1985-batch IAS officer, hailed from Mahbubnagar in present-day Telangana.