Madhumita Murder: Govt Orders 'Premature' Release Of Ex-UP Minister

Former UP minister Amarmani Tripathi along with his wife Madhumani Tripathi were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of poetess Madhumita Shukla by The Special Judge/Sessions Judge of Dehradhun. 

The Uttar Pradesh Prisons Administration department has issued an order to release former minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani Tripathi who are serving life imprisonment in a murder case. 

Madhumita Shukla Murder Case: Ex-UP Minister To Be Released From Jail:

Former UP Minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani Tripathi are soon to be released from jail after being convicted for the murder case of poetess Madhumani Shukla for a lifetime sentence.

With the permission of the Governor, The Uttar Pradesh Prisons Administration and Reforms Department has issued an order to release the ex-UP minister and his wife.

Currently, the Tripathi couple is lodged in Gorakhpur jail in Uttar Pradesh and will soon be released after presenting a bond. 

Ex-minister and his wife have served 20 years of their sentence in jail as guilty for the murder case. According to the jail authorities, the order for releasing them comes looking at their "good behaviour and maintaining peace" serving their sentence, as stated by Hindustan Times.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the "premature" release of the couple, reported ANI. The sister of deceased poetess, Nidhi Shukla had urged the UP CM to stop Tripathi and his wife's release.

#WATCH | Nidhi Shukla, deceased poetess Madhumita Shukla’s sister on the release of former UP Minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani Tripathi, says, "I request the UP Governor and UP CM to stop their release...RTI applications state that Amarmani actually never went to… pic.twitter.com/CV6bs88oAz

— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2023

Madhumita Murder Case:

On May 9, 2023, 24-year-old budding poetess Madhumita Shukla was gunned down in the streets of Paper Mill Colony in Lucknow by two visitors who shot her dead at close range in her two-room apartment. The young poet has been rising from the fame of her veer-ras poems and has been the star of many kavi sammelans of her time. 

The four-time Indian National Congress MLA, Amarmani allegedly had an extramarital affair with poetess Shukla as after the post-mortem reports of her death it was revealed the poetess was carrying a foetus that matched the DNA of Amarmani. 

Tripathi couple were then accused of setting up a conspiracy to murder the poetess to save their societal image and political career. 

The murder case was investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). 

In October 2007 the Special Judge/Sessions Judge of Dehradhun sentenced former minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani Tripathi to life imprisonment as guilty for Madhumita Shukla's murder case. 

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