Sacked Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi, arrested on charges of abducting a businessman's son, was released on parole on medical grounds by a court in Basti on Monday.
Judge U S Tiwari said, Tripathi would be on parole till January 3 next.
At present, Tripathi is undergoing treatment at B R D medical college, Gorakhpur, where he was admitted on Saturday following chest pain.
Earlier, he was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by a Basti court. Bureau Report