Madhumita Shukla Murder
On May 9, 2003, Madhumita Shukla, a 24-year old budding poetess and allegedly the lover of Amarmani, was gunned down at close range by two visitors in her two-room apartment in Lucknow's Paper Mill Colony. She was seven months pregnant at the time
In June 2003, the chief investigator in the case, Mahendra Lalka (IPS 1967), was suspended, apparently because of his refusal to give Tripathi a clean chit as desired by Mayawati. The case was subsequently transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation, and Amarmani was arrested in September 2003. Phone calls relating to the murder were traced to Tripathi's wife Madhumani in Gorakhpur, who was also subsequently convicted for the murder.
Various attempts at getting bail were turned down, especially based on the DNA evidence of a relationship which he had initially denied. Amarmani and his wife were lodged in Gorakhpur jail, where they were found to be holding rock concerts. While still in jail, Tripathi won in the U.P. Assembly Elections, 2007 as an Independent candidate. 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%)
In March 2007, the case was transferred to a special court in Dehradun, where Tripathi and his wife along with three others were convicted for the murder of Madhumita Shukla murder on October 24, 2007. The court has sentenced Amarmani, his wife Madhumani and two other accused to life imprisonment.
In 2012, Amarmani's son Amanmani Tripathi was given a ticket by Samajwadi Party for contesting in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 2012. Amarmani managed to record a video from jail send out a message to the constituency of Nautanwa (merged with Lakshmipur after delimitation). Despite a wave in favour of SP, Amanmani lost to Kaushal Kishore of Indian National Congress by a margin of 4%.
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