Amarmani Tripathi and his wife were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Madhumita Shukla and were released from jail prematurely in August 2023.
Appearing for Tripathi, advocate Rakesh Mishra Wednesday filed an application before the court, seeking its direction to recall the Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) issued against Tripathi.
In 2001, Basti-based businessman Dharam Raj Gupta’s son Rahul Gupta was allegedly kidnapped from near his house. During the investigation, the police claimed to have recovered Rahul Gupta from a house with alleged links to Amarmani Tripathi.
Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani were convicted for their involvement in the murder of Madhumita Shukla, a poet, who was found shot dead at her Lucknow residence on May 9, 2003. The state government has now ordered their “premature” release from jail.
While jailed, he won in 2007 and pulled off a victory for his son in 2017. But as the four-time MLA leaves custody, he might find political landscape in UP, and native Gorakhpur region, changed