Lucknow: After an order issued by Uttar Pradesh government stating that gangster-turned-politician Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani Tripathi - currently in jail after they were convicted in the Madhumati Shukla murder case be released before the completion of their sentences - Nidhi Shukla, sister of murder victim and poet Madhumati Shukla, broke down on camera and alleged threat to her life if Amarmani Tripathi is released before completion of his sentence.
"If he (Amarmani Tripathi) has not gone to jail, where is the question of giving him early release," she said even as she broke down.
Video appeal as soon as she learnt about early release order
Earlier, she had made an emotional appeal in a video on Thursday (August 25) and even wrote a letter questioning the order of early release of Amarmani Tripathi and Madhumani Tripathi.
"I, Nidhi Shukla, sister of Madhumati Shukla, am shocked at the order given by Governor of Uttar Pradesh on the early release of Amarmani Tripathi and Madhunmani Tripathi," said Nidhi Shukla. She also said that she has been continously writing and informing the UP government and the governor that the plea by her has been accepted in the Supreme Court and that hearing has been fixed for Friday, August 25, 11 am. However, the early release order released by the Uttar Pradesh Prisons Administration department before the hearing in Supreme Court is shocking, said Nidhi Shukla in the video.
Order by UP Government
Read the UP government's order regarding early release of convicts Amarmani Tripathi and his wife in the Madhumita Shukla murder case. The order says that both the accused had spent considerable time in jail in connection with the murder case and that the Uttar Pradesh Prisons Administration department can release them after August 25 on the account of "good behaviour."
Madhumati Shukla murder case
The sensational murder case of poetess Madhumati Shukla had become a topic of dicussion in UP politics back in the day and had dominated political headlines. Madhumati Shukla, a 24-year-old poet, was shot dead in her house in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow in 2003. Later, reports revealed that Madhumati Shukla was pregnant with Tripathi's child when killed. Amarmani Tripathi, who was a minister in the Mayawati government in 2002-03, was made the main accused along with his wife Madhumani Tripathi in the murder case. In 2007, both Tripathi and his wife were sentenced to life imprisonment.
