Six cops suspended after politician's photo while in police custody goes viral

Six police personnel in a north Bihar district were on Monday suspended in connection with an embarrassing incident involving controversial politician Anand Mohan who was taken to the state capital in judicial custody and allegedly allowed to visit his residence thereAccording to a statement issued by the district police the suspensions have been ordered by Lipi Singh the Saharsa superintendent of police who was directed by the Police Headquarters to inquire into a photograph of Anand Mohan that had gone viral on social mediaMohan who is serving life sentence for the murder of IAS officer G Krishnaiah was brought to Patna last week to be produced before a court said the Saharsa police adding that departmental action has been ordered against all the suspended policemenA photograph in which he can be seen flanked on either side by wife Lovely Anand and son Chetan Anand who is an RJD MLA went viral two days after the visit drawing sharp reactions from the BJP which declared it as return of jungle rajAlso Read Uttar Pradesh Woman killed in Ballia after she slaps manThe convicted father of a ruling party MLA is roaming freely This confirms our fears that return of the RJD to power will bring back the lawlessness in Bihar which characterised the LaluRabri regime state BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal allegedA selfstyled Robinhood who liked to get photographed in those days holding a pistol surrounded by a posse of armed henchmen Mohan was associated with the undivided Janata Dal but broke away to form his own partyBoth Mohan and his wife have been members of the state legislative assembly and the Lok Sabha in the pastHis son who made a successful electoral debut in 2020 came out with an indignant Facebook post rubbishing the allegations and claiming that the photograph was not of their residence but of a hospitalMy father has high blood pressure and the court because of Raksha Bandhan commenced work only in the afternoon Waiting outside the court in hot and humid weather my father began feeling sick and was rushed to a hospital for medical help My mother and I went there upon learning about the incident Anand saidA section of the media presented a distorted picture even claiming that my father was holding a meeting with his supporters Let them show pictures of the meeting also The BJP today has lots of problems with my father but it was okay with him when he supported Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the 1998 trust vote and also convinced 10 other MPs to do so said the young MLAMohan was awarded death penalty by the trial court in the murder of Krishnaiah then the Gopalganj district magistrate who was lynched in 1994 by a mob on the outskirts of Muzaffarpur allegedly incited by the formerThe death penalty was later commuted to imprisonment for life by the Patna High Court Many other coaccused in the case were acquitted for want of evidence though appeals of Mohan against the trial court order were set aside by the high court as well as the Supreme CourtThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever