Uma Krishnaiah vividly recalls her last conversation with her husband, G Krishnaiah, a top civil servant in Bihar, before his brutal murder in 1994. Three decades later, his killer, former legislator Anand Mohan Singh, has been released from prison, sparking outrage from the victim’s family and opposition politicians. Singh had been given a life sentence after orchestrating a mob’s attack on Krishnaiah’s car as the latter returned from work. The decision to free him is seen as politically motivated as it aims to win the support of upper-caste Rajputs who account for 4% of Bihar’s population in next year’s general elections.
