Former MP Anand Mohan gets Death Sentence

Former Member of Parliament and JD(U) leader Anand Mohan was handed over death sentence by a local court in Patna in the 13 year-old DM Lynching case. In 1994, Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah was brutally murdered by a mob led by Anand Mohan.

Anand's wife, Lovely Anand, an ex-MP, was also awarded life imprisonment. Akhlaq Ahmed, a former MLA from Bikramganj and RJD leader and Arun Kumar were handed over death sentence.

Besides Lovely Anand, Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, a sitting JD(U) MLA from Lalganj, Shashi Shekhar and Harendra Kumar. Anand Mohan, a former MP from Sheohar and his wife also got life imprisonment. 29 of the 36 accused were acquitted.