Lucknow, Dec 23: The CBI has named two Uttar Pradesh ministers, three IPS officers, one IAS officer and several journalists among the 190 witnesses in the Madhumita murder case and chargesheet has been filed against former state minister Amar Mani Tripathi and five others, sources said here today.
The CBI had filed the chargesheet in the matter on last Friday in the CBI court here naming Tripathi, his wife Madhumani suspended SHO Y.N.Dixit, Rohit Chaturvedi, Prakash Chandra Pandey and Santosh Rai as accused. The chargesheet also contained the names of some state civil service officers, two doctors, some engineers and officials of some five star hotels as witnesses, the sources said.
The written statement of witnesses has been made a part of the investigation, they said but added that although some of the officials associated with the investigation of the case, have been made witnesses, their statement had not been recorded. The ministers named in the CBI list of witnesses are Shyam Narain Tewari and Hari Shankar Tewari. It also includes the names of Amar Mani's Brother Ajit Mani Tripathi, former MLA Brijesh Pathak and Vidhan Parishad member Ganesh Shankar Pandey, sources said. The chargesheet also contained the written statement of then SSP of Lucknow Anil Agarwal, former SP of CB-CID Amita Bhyash, Additional SP Satyendra Veer Singh. The name of circle officer of Mahanagar police station, under whose area the residence of the slain poetess falls, is also mentioned in the list. Bureau Report