Which disease kept Amarmani Tripathi in the hospital? 22 year old case pending
Lucknow: Even as former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani have been officially released from judicial custody in connection with the 2003 murder of poet Madhumita Shukla, the trial in another case remains hanging over the strongman’s failure to appear in court for the framing of charges.
The MP/MLA court of Basti is holding a trial in the 2001 abduction of city businessman Dharmraj Gupta’s teenage son, who was later recovered by police from a house in Lucknow “which was being managed” by Amarmani.
An FIR was subsequently lodged under IPC sections 363 (kidnapping), 364 (kidnapping with purpose of murder), 364a (kidnapping and threat to life), 216a (harbouring robbers or dacoits), 212 (harbouring offender), 120-b (criminal conspiracy), and under the UP Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities Act.
Amarmani has yet to appear in court for the framing of charges, reportedly on account of the fact that he is under treatment for an “ailment” in hometown Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College.
Since earlier this year, the Basti court has repeatedly asked the BRD Medical College about the disease due to which he remains admitted in the hospital.
The court noted this month that despite its request for a detailed report about the ailment, the BRD Medical College had not submitted a clear report and only stated that they had sought information from the chief medical superintendent (CMS) of the Nehru Hospital — the teaching complex on the premises of the medical college.
On 17 August, it directed the chief medical officer (CMO) of Gorakhpur to constitute an independent medical board and submit an inquiry report without any delay. When the report was not received, the court sent a reminder to the CMO Monday.
CMO Gorakhpur Ashutosh Dubey told ThePrint Tuesday that they had submitted the report in court Monday after forming a five-member medical board.
The minister and his wife — serving a life sentence for murder — have been released from prison on account of their “good conduct” in jail, according to a UP government notification issued last Thursday.
However, Shukla’s sister has alleged that the couple has spent over 50 per cent of their 16-year jail term in hospital, and challenged their release in the Supreme Court.
In 2015, there were reports that the Tripathis had been shifted to BRD Medical College for treatment of “depression and mental stress”. Their son Aman Mani has said in interviews since last week that his father suffers from “spinal and neurological issues”.
