Amarmani Tripathi, a former Uttar Pradesh minister convicted of conspiracy in the 2003 murder of poet Madhumita Shukla, will be released from jail. Tripathi was then a minister in BSP chief Mayawati's government.
Ex-Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife - convicted in 2007 for killing poet Madhumita Shukla and to be released prison after serving 16+ years of a life term - spent more than half that time out of jail, Ms Shukla's sister said.