Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh's wife on Thursday welcomed the amendment of the Bihar Prisons manual which necessitated the release of his husband convicted in a murder case and thanked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the move.
While speaking to ANI, Ramdas Athawale said, "I strongly oppose the decision to release former MP Anand Mohan Singh, who was serving a life sentence in the murder case of former DM G Krishnaiah of Bihar's Gopalganj district. I term this decision of the Nitish government as unfortunate".
The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the Telangana High Court order granting interim relief from arrest to Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy in the YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case and said such a decision prejudices the investigation.
Talking about the investigation going on in the case, Chautala said, "The judicial inquiry into the Atiq-Ashraf murder case is going on. It is unfortunate that such a murder happened in the presence of the police."
Days after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Surendra Matiala was shot dead at his office in the national capital's Dwarka by two assailants, Delhi Police has nabbed six accused, including the shooter who is related to an absconding gangster.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to arrest Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy till Monday however it issued notice on a plea challenging Telangana High Court order in a matter connected to YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case.
Maharashtra Navirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Thursday hit out at Uddhav Thackeray for "politicising" the issue of deaths in Kharghar due to heat stroke during an event.
Saket court on Thursday disposed of a plea of Delhi police after getting an order from the Delhi High Court restraining all media channels from displaying or telecasting the material of the chargesheet filed in the Shraddha murder case.
The Judicial committee constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government visited Prayagraj on Thursday while the Special Investigation Team recreated the crime scene where gangsters Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead on April 15 while being taken to a hospital for a medical checkup.
"A reward of Rs 25,000 has been declared on the arrest of Afsa Ansari, wife of Mukhtar Ansari, who is wanted in a case registered under the Gangsters Act at Police Station Dakshin Tola," Mahesh Singh Attri, Additional Superintendent of Police, Mau said.