Lucknow, July 27: The Uttar Pradesh government today reinstated Superintendent of Police CBCID Amitabh Yash, who was suspended by Chief Minister Mayawati on charges of dereliction of duty in the investigation of the murder of poetess Madhumita Shukla.
Yash has been reinstated with immediate effect, an official spokesman told reporters here.
The SP was suspended alongwith Director General CBCID Mahendra Lalka on June 17 for allegedly not completing the probe within the stipulated one month's time.
The spokesman said prima facie the charges levelled against Yash were not found to be correct and thus the government decided to reinstate him. However, the government is yet to take a decision on Lalka, he said.
Madhumita was shot dead in her Paper Mill Colony residence on May 9 by two assailants, the killing creating a political furore.



Mayawati first handed over the case to CBCID, asking it to complete the probe within a month's time. After it failed to complete the investigation within the stipulated time, the Chief Minister recommended a CBI probe into the case.


Bureau Report