Family members of 49 life convicts were filled with joy as the government freed the prisoners on Sunday.
The State government granted special remission to the 49 persons who were undergoing life imprisonment in different cases, and a GO was issued on the occasion of Republic Day.
Emotional scenes were witnessed at Rajamahendravaram, Visakhapatnam, Nellore Central Prisons and at the district and sub-jails today.
The released prisoners hugged their family heads as soon as they stepped out of the premises.
Prisoners were released from central prisons at Kadapa, Nellore and Rajamahendravaram, Prisoners Agricultural Colony, Anantapur, some district and sub-jails.
“As the government gave special remission for the prisoners, we released them on Sunday,” said an officer of the AP Prisons Department.
The release orders were released based on the recommendations of the standing committee, headed by the Principal Secretary to Government, Home Department.