NITISH'S ORDER FREEING IAS OFFICER'S KILLER FACES OPPOSITION FROM BATCHMATES

The batchmates of a slain 1985 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, G. Krishnaiah, are planning to challenge the Nitish Kumar government’s decision to release prematurely the killer of the officer, former Member of Parliament, Anand Mohan Singh. Krishnaiah was lynched by a mob in December 1994 in Bihar. Singh was given a death sentence by the trial court in 2007. The Patna High Court turned it into a life sentence in December 2008.

- ABHINANDAN MISHRA

Uma Krishnaiah, G. Krishnaiah’s wife, told The Sunday Guardian from Hyderabad that a few of her husband’s batchmates had held a meeting on this matter. They decided to challenge the Bihar government and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s order to free Singh prematurely. “In the meeting, they decided to challenge the order in the Supreme Court. They asked me if I had any objections to it. I told them I did not have any objections. The petition will also have my signature,” said Uma Krishnaiah. She retired from the Chemistry department at a government women’s college in Begumpet, Hyderabad.

Almost all the officers of the 1985 batch are retired, which possibly has helped them to gather the courage to challenge the Bihar Chief Minister’s decision. Kumar’s order has generated significant discontent among serving officers as well.