Chilling news indeed! Justice will catch up atlast. One has to wait and see what the future holds. I can't hold my breath to see the final outcome. Can some one explain to me why are politicians in jail allowed to stand for election?? So that they can prove their innocence not by law but by mass popularity? So that once they win election , they can take law into their hands and take revenge? Any lawyers out there please clarify? Please keep these news coming. Jai hind, Jai Bharat Mata. W. KISKU --- Bihar Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wednesday 03rd of October 2007 > > Former Lok Sabha MP and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) > leader Anand Mohan Singh was Wednesday sentenced to > death with two other politicians for the brutal 1994 > lynching of an upright IAS officer while his ex-MP > wife Lovely Anand was jailed for life for the same > crime. > > Thirteen years after a mob led by the husband-wife > duo shot and then stoned to death a bleeding G. > Krishnaiya, the Gopalganj district magistrate, on a > national highway, a Patna court pronounced the > much-awaited verdict. > > Additional District and Sessions Judge Ramshreshta > Rai awarded death sentence to Anand Mohan Singh, > founder leader of the Bihar People's Party (BPP) who > later joined Bihar's ruling JD-U, as well as former > Bihar minister Akhlaq Ahmad, now a leader of the > Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and Arun Kumar, formerly > with BPP. > > The court also gave life imprisonment to four > politicians, including former Lok Sabha MP Lovely > Anand, a JD-U leader and wife of Anand Mohan, along > with Munna Shukla, a JD-U legislator from Lalganj, > and Shashi Shekhar Thakur and Harendra Kumar, who > lost the last Lok Sabha election as a JD-U > candidate. > > The court found Anand Mohan Singh and the others > guilty under Sections 302, 307, 147, and 427 of the > Indian Penal Code (IPC). > > All the seven politicians were taken into custody > and sent to Beur jail. > > Krishnaiya, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, > was shot at and then stoned by a mob near Khaabra > village on National Highway 28 on Dec 5, 1994 when > he was returning to Gopalganj from Hajipur via > Muzaffarpur after attending an official meeting. > > Krishnaiya was from a very poor family in Andhra > Pradesh. His father used to be a labourer. > > According to the police, Krishnaiya's vehicle was > intercepted by a mob led by Anand Mohan Singh, then > chief of BPP. His wife Lovely Anand, Munna Shukla > and Akhlaq Ahmad were also part of the mob, which > comprised mainly armed henchmen and supporters of > Anand Mohan Singh. > > The mob was protesting the killing of former BPP > leader Kaushalendra Shukla alias Chhotan Shukla. > > Krishnaiya, whose predecessor had also been killed > by a bomb, was first shot. The officer began to > bleed but did not die. Anand Mohan Singh's > supporters then dragged him out of the vehicle and > mercilessly stoned him to death. > > The brutal killing of an IAS officer - watched by > hundreds of people - instantly earned notoriety for > Anand Mohan Singh although he was already a feared > man in the region that he considered his bastion. > > Anand Mohan Singh was arrested and jailed for the > murder. But he contested the 1996 parliamentary > election from prison - and won. He then secured bail > to attend parliament. He was re-elected in 1998 but > lost the 1999 election. > > Anand Mohan Singh formed the Krantikari Samajwadi > Sena in 1980 but lost the Lok Sabha election that > year. He became a Janata Dal legislator in 1990. > > The next year, he was accused of killing an > independent candidate from Madhepura. He formed the > BPP in 1993 but failed to win from any of the three > assembly seats he contested in 1995. > > But he entered the Lok Sabha in 1996 from Sheohar. > He won the seat again in 1998 but lost to Anwarul > Haque in 1999. > > Anand Mohan Singh and Munna Shukla are facing > several criminal cases, including those related to > murder, attempt to murder, extortion and abduction, > in various courts. > > Anand Mohan Singh's name spelt terror in the > Saharsa-Supaul belt while Shukla is feared in the > Vaishali-Muzaffarpur belt of north Bihar. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Patna: A court on Monday convicted a couple > Anand Mohan and Lovely Anand both former MPs, > belonging to the ruling JD(U) and five others for > the lynching of a district magistrate nearly 11 > years ago. > > > > Additional District and Sessions judge Ram Krishna > Rai convicted the seven under Sections 302 (murder), > 307 (attempt to murder), 147 (rioting) and 427 > (mischief causing damage) of the IPC. > > The quantum of punishment would be announced on > October 3. > > The other convicted are JD(U) MLA from Lalganj, > Vijay Kumar Shukla, former MLA Akhlaq Ahmed, Shashi > Shekhar and Arun Kumar Sinha. > > The judge also convicted Mohan, Lovely Anand and > Arun Kumar Sinha under section 109 (abetment) of the > IPC. > > Krishnaiah, the then district magistrate of > Gopalganj, was lynched by a mob accompanying the > cortege of Bihar Peoples Party (BPP) leader Chhotan > Shukla on December 5, 1994. The party is virtually > defunct now. > > Anand Mohan, a former MP from Sheohar, who was then > the BPP chief and Lovely Anand, former MP from > Vaishali, were present at the funeral procession > besides Munna Shukla, the younger brother of Chhotan > Shukla, former MLA from Bikramganj Akhlaq Ahmed, > Shashi Shekhar and Arun Kumar Sinha. > > They were accused of having incited the mob to kill > Krishnaiah. > > The judge, however, acquitted 29 of the 36 accused > in the case, giving them benefit of doubt. > > Krishnaiah was killed near Khabra, on the outskirts > of Muzaffarpur town, by the mob which was enraged > over the gunning down of Chhotan Shukla, an > underworld don with political ambitions, and five > others on December 4, 1994 when they were returning > from an election campaign for the 1995 Assembly > polls. > > The killing was attributed to henchmen of former > Bihar minister, Brij Bihari Prasad, who was shot > dead in retribution on June 13, 1998, when he was > undergoing treatment in judicial custody at the > Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in > Patna. > > Prasad had then been under arrest for alleged > involvement in irregular admissions to technical > institutions as science and technology minister. > > Chhotan Shuklas assassination had triggered a > virtual gang war between those loyal to the slain > don and Prasad. > > Prasads killing was preceded by the murder of > Devendra Nath Dubey, an independent MLA from > Govindganj, close to Chhotan. > > Several politicians, including LJP MP Surajbhan > Singh, Munna Shukla and former independent MLA Rajan > Tiwari are among those accused in the Brij Bihari > murder case, the trial of which is under way. > > > http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=add§id=3&contentid=2007100220071002022600203e271d889&subsite=0 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 'Don't write I was crying > '4 Oct 2007, 0149 hrs IST, TNN > > > PATNA: Though convicted of murder, they looked cool > politicians in their usual hues, exchanging > pleasantries with supporters, assembled in hordes on > the court premises. Some of the supporters even > passed on bottles of mineral water to them through > the windows. Once the judge uttered "capital > punishment," it was as if a bombshell had been > dropped a deafening silence engulfed the > courtroom. > > Then securitymen ran helter-skelter to gear > themselves up for controlling the crowd. So did the > convicted === message truncated === William Kisku
