Tripathi's cousin arrested in Madhumita case

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Thursday arrested two people, including cousin of former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi, in connection with the Madhumita Shukla murder
case.
Santosh Rai and Rohit Chaturvedi were arrested in Lucknow by the agency sleuths. While Rai is a small-time political leader, Chaturvedi is Tripathi’s cousin. The arrests were an important development in solving the murder mystery, sources said.
Tripathi had been arrested by the CBI in September in connection with the murder of 24-year-old Madhumita, who was shot dead at her Paper Mill Colony residence by two assailants on May 9 this year.
The murder had created a political furore in Uttar Pradesh leading to sacking of Tripathi from the Mayawati-led UP government. The case was later handed over to the CBI for thorough probe.