The Bihar government officially issued the notification to release don-turned-politician Anand Mohan, currently serving life sentence for the murder of former District Magistrate of Gopalganj G. Krishnaiah. On April 24 evening, the Bihar government issued the notification containing the names of 27 prisoners, including that of Mohan.
When the news came, Mohan, who is on parole, was at the engagement of his son Chetan Anand.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav went straight to the venue of the Ring Ceremony at Vishwanath Farm located in Chakbairiya locality, the outskirts of Patna. Both had just landed at Patna airport after meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.