In his jail term, youth gets four degrees! Wants to become a lecturer
Prison transforms life of a convicted person
Bengaluru, Jan 22: “The main aim of my life is to educate the youth who have been attracting towards crime very easily, through my articles and lectures”, said Yallappa of Doddaballapura in Bengaluru rural district.
During his life imprisonment in the jail, Yallappa completed two undergraduate degrees and two post graduation degrees, due to his good behavior, he was released from Parappana Agrahara jail on Republic Day last year. Now once again, he is making news not as a convicted, but releasing a book written by him on the same place where he was jailed for more than 14 years.
The life of Yallappa (38) who wrote a book on jail mates who spent time with him in the jail, is itself like a story of a film. Due to poverty, Yallappa could not continue his studies after 7th standard.
Even then, he was a good Kabaddi player. In 2004, he had been to Bhagat Singh stadium to watch a cricket match and clashed with local person Giribabu. When the clash turned violent, Giribabu attacked Yallappa with a sickle.
But taking the same sickle, Yallappa attacked Giribabu in a fit of anger and killed him on the spot. Police arrested him and remanded to judicial custody.
Later, Bengaluru Sessions Court convicted him to life imprisonment. Because of his anger, he had to serve jail term for 14.8 years. Meanwhile, he saw another jail-mate who was BSc drop out, taking an exam in the jail and Yallappa wanted to study.
Since he has just studied till 7th standard, he did not know what to do. Finally, Bengaluru university has allowed him to study BA through distance education and passed graduation in his first attempt.
Later, he studied post graduation in Journalism and Public Administration and thus got two post graduation degrees. After this, with the help of jail authorities he helped other jail-mates to complete education and thus got appreciation from the jail officers.
After this achievement, Yallappa wanted to do Ph.D degree on ‘role of jail officers in transforming the convicted and got the permission from the jail officers and visited 8 central jails including Ballari, Belagavi, Mysuru and Koramangala and stayed there for some time and studied the situation. Now he has presented his Ph.D theses on the same issue and is about get his Ph.D degree.
He is writing another book on real stories of the people who were attracted to criminal field. Since the society and family would treat them as jailed persons, Yallappa has decided not to marry. But he wanted to become a lecturer to educate the youth, he said.
He is writing the real stories of eight persons who were convicted to life imprisonment after involving in murders in a fit of anger. Yallappa who was jailed as a ‘murderer’ has published a 200-page book ‘Jailu Jeevagalu’. He has written the book as a caution to those who enter criminal world without knowing the dangers of life. The main objective of his writings is to educate and warn the youth against criminal field, he said.
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73 Rajya Sabha MPs declare criminal cases; 31 billionaires: ADR Report
New Delhi (PTI): Around 32 per cent of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 14 per cent are billionaires, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
The report is based on an analysis of affidavits of 229 out of 233 Rajya Sabha MPs. One seat from Jharkhand is currently vacant, while affidavits of three MPs were unavailable. The analysis includes 37 recently elected members.
Of the 229 MPs analysed, 73 (32 per cent) have declared criminal cases, with 36 (16 per cent) of them facing serious charges. One MP has declared a case of murder, four have cases of attempt to murder, and three have cases related to crimes against women.
Party-wise, 27 of 99 BJP MPs, 12 of 28 Congress MPs, four of 13 TMC MPs, and four of 10 AAP MPs have declared criminal cases. Three MPs from CPI(M) and BRS each have disclosed criminal cases.
The report also found 31 MPs (14 per cent) having a net worth of billions of rupees.
Among major parties, six BJP MPs, five Congress MPs, four YSRCP MPs, two AAP MPs, two BRS MPs, and three NCP MPs have declared assets exceeding Rs 100 crore.
The average assets of a Rajya Sabha MP stand at Rs 120.69 crore.
Among major parties, the average assets per MP are Rs 28.29 crore for BJP, Rs 128.61 crore for Congress, Rs 17.70 crore for TMC, and Rs 574.09 crore for AAP. Other parties include YSRCP (Rs 522.63 crore), SP (Rs 399.71 crore), BJD (Rs 105.63 crore), and DMK (Rs 11.90 crore).
BRS MP Bandi Partha Saradhi has declared the highest assets at over Rs 5,300 crore, followed by AAP's Rajinder Gupta with over Rs 5,053 crore, and YSRCP's Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy with over Rs 2,577 crore.
On the other end, AAP MP Sant Balbir Singh is the poorest, with assets worth about Rs 3 lakh. He is followed by Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba of Manipur with around Rs 5 lakh, and TMC's Prakash Chik Baraik with approximately Rs 9 lakh.
