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 there.
According 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 media.
Mohan, 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 policemen.
A 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 raj”. “The convicted father of a ruling party MLA is roaming freely.