Anand Mohan
The founder of Bihar People’s Party has been in jail for nearly15 years. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the 1994 lynching of Gopalganj district magistrate G. Krishnaiyyah
Anant Singh
Lodged in Beur jail, he was a JD(U) MLA for several terms from Mokama before falling out with Nitish Kumar and quitting his party. Still an independent MLA, but an accused in an array of criminal cases.
Pappu Yadav
The five-term MP was convicted in the CPM legislator Ajit Sarkar murder case, but was acquitted by the high court. Lost the Lok Sabha polls in 2019. Politician-dons once dominated Bihar. But their influence is dwindling on Nitish Kumar’s watch.
In a world where crime and politics cross paths frequently, Bihar is often a mirror image of neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. Early in July, when eight UP cops were killed in an ambush by notorious don Vikas Dubey—who was himself gunned down recently—in Kanpur, it brought back chilling memories of a similar incident, not too long ago. Back in March 2001, police team of Siwan in Bihar, led by district police chief Bachchu Singh Meena, had undertaken a similar operation to Pratappur village to nab Mohammad Shahabuddin, a donturned-RJD parliamentarian with a long history of crimes against his name. He is now serving a jail term since 2005.
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