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Supreme Court of India rejected his bail plea, and he is currently in jail. Tripathi is one among many criminal-politicians in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Criminal career
Tripathi was a member of the gang of Hari Shankar Tiwari, a criminal politician from the
Loktantrik Congress. Before entering politics, Tripathi was listed as a "Category Ahistory-sheeter" (having a long record of offences) with 33 criminal cases pending against him, including five relating to murder [cite news
title = L'affaire Amarmani
author = Purnima S. Tripathi
publisher = Frontline (magazine), Volume 20, Issue 21
url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2021/stories/20031024003203200.htm
date = October 11 - 24, 2003
accessdate = 2007-05-12] .
After joining politics, Tripathi was instrumental in several large shifts of allegiance involving dozens of MPs, thus influencing the formation of several governments in Uttar Pradesh. He has been a member of the
Indian National Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, and the Bharatiya Janata Party. He wasMinister of State for Institutional Finance in the Rajnath Singh-led BJP government in 2001, but was dismissed in December that year, after the kidnappersof Rahul Madesia, the 15-year-old son of a businessman in Basti in eastern Uttar Pradesh, told the police that Tripathi had provided them the bungalow in Lucknow from where they were arrested.
Madhumita Shukla murder
On May 9, 2003, Madhumita Shukla, a budding poetess and allegedlythe lover of Amarmani, wasgunned down from close range in her two-room apartment inLucknow's Paper Mill Colony. Phone calls relating to the murderwere traced to his wife Madhumani in Gorakhpur[, who has also been implicated in the murder. This case was being taken care by the CB - CID which was being headed by the then Director Genegral named Mr.Mahendra Lalka IPS from 1967 batch. The Chief Miniter - Mayawati did suspend him but Mr. Mahendra Lalka was reinstated within 45 days of his suspension as the decision by the Chief Minister was not right and she realized her mistake and Mr. Mahendra Lalka was reinstated. Mr. Mahendra Lalka has a great reputaion among the IPS, IAS lobby, he is known for his upright and straight forwardness.]Amarmani was arrested in September 2003. Various attempts at gettingbail have been turned down, especially based on the DNA evidenceof a relationship which he had initially denied.
Subsequent to his arrest, he, along with his wife Madhumani, are lodged in Gorakhpurjail, where they are said to be leading a carefree life. [ [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1917874,0015002500000000.htm Jailhouse rock for Yogi & Co. Host Amarmani, Hindustan Times, February 1, 2007] ]
In the U.P. Assembly Elections, 2007, Amarmani won as an Independent candidate, despite being in Gorakhpur Jail, where his case might take a long time to come to trial. He won the Lakshmipur Constituency seat in Mahrajganj District, defeating nearest rival Kaushal Kishore of the Rashtriya Janata Dal by a margin of nearly 20 thousand votes (12%) [Election Commission website for [http://archive.eci.gov.in/May2007/pollupd/ac/states/s24/aconst174.htm Lakshmipur Constituency] .]
A special court in Dehradun has convicted former UP minister Amarmani Tripathi and three others in the Madhumita Shukla murder case on October 24th 2007.
The court has sentenced Amarmani, his wife Madhumani and two other accused to life imprisonment.Nearly 79 witnesses have appeared in the case, which was transferred to the Court of District and Sessions Judge V B Roy from Lucknow on the orders of the Supreme Court, earlier this year.
The CBI had arrested five people, including Amarmani and Madhumani, in connection with the case.
The trial in the case began in March following apprehensions expressed by Madhumita's family that Amarmani and Madhumani may try to block a free and fair trial in their home state.
Madhumita was found murdered at her Lucknow flat on May 9, 2003. She was allegedly murdered at the behest of Madhumani, who was opposed to Madhumita's affair with her husband.
Later, a post-mortem report revealed that Madhumita was pregnant at the time of her murder. Her sister Nidhi and servant Desraj are the key witnesses in the case.
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