The Bihar government was issued a notice by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Friday seeking to know the conditions under which former MP Anand Mohan Singh was granted remission last month.
Mohan was serving a life sentence for instigating a mob that killed the Gopalganj district magistrate G Krishnaiah in December 1994.
He walked out of jail on April 27.
The remission of MohanтАЩs sentence followed an April 10 amendment of Bihar Prison Manual by the Nitish Kumar government whereby the restriction on early release of those involved in killing of a public servant on duty was done away with.
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NCSC chairperson Vijay Sampla, who is in Patna during a visit to Bihar, said тАЬNotices have been served to the stateтАЩs chief secretary (CS) Amir Subhani and the director general of police (DGP) RS Bhatti to furnish all details related to MohanтАЩs remission.тАЭ
StateтАЩs building construction minister Ashok Choudhary, reacting to the NCSC notice, said that the commission is unnecessarily politicising MohanтАЩs remission which has been granted legally. тАЬ
Chief secretary Amir Subhani had held a press conference and mentioned in detail the legal provisions under which Anand MohanтАЩs sentence was remitted.
As far as reply to the NCSC notice is concerned, the government will follow the norms,тАЭ Choudhary said.
The stateтАЩs CS and DGPтАЩs official response is awaited in the matter.
