Lucknow, Sept 27: Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Amar Mani Tripathi's wife Madhumani today moved the Allahabad High Court seeking a stay on her arrest in the poetess Madhumita Shukla murder case.
A petition seeking directives to the CBI not to arrest Madhumani was moved before the Lucknow bench of the High Court, Tripathi's lawyer V K Shahi told a news agency here.
The petition is likely to come up for hearing on Monday, Shahi said. The CBI, which is probing the Madhumita murder case, had conducted raids at a number of places to apprehend Madhumani.

The slain poetess' sister had alleged immediately after her murder that it was perpetrated at the behest of Madhumani, who did not like Tripathi's "affair with Madhumita." She had, however, retracted her statement later.

Madhumani had on Wednesday last moved a surrender application in the court of Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI) R M Yadav, who directed the investigating agency to submit a detailed report on the case. The application is likely to be taken up for hearing on September 30.

The CBI had already questioned Madhumani in the case twice. After the arrest of Tripathi, CBI sources had not ruled out arrest of other people, including his family members. 24-year old poetess Madhumita Shukla was shot dead by two assailants on May 9 at her paper mill colony residence here.
Bureau Report