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Third notice issued to Madhumani to appear for questioning
Lucknow, Nov 18: The CBI team investigating the Madhumita Shukla murder case today served a third notice to Madhumani Tripathi, one of the alleged conspirators and considered `underground`, to appear for questioning at her city residence.
Lucknow, Nov 18: The CBI team investigating the Madhumita
Shukla murder case today served a third notice to Madhumani
Tripathi, one of the alleged conspirators and considered
'underground', to appear for questioning at her city residence.
''We can arrest her as we are constantly tracking her movements. But since she is a woman, we want her to voluntarily appear for questioning,'' said a CBI officer who did not rule out the possibility of her arrest after the questioning.
Agency officials said by ignoring notices, Madhumani was only paving way for the agency to move court for her arrest.
In a notice pasted outside the house of Madhumani's husband and SP MLA Amarmani Tripathi today, the CBI asked her to be present at the house at 1600 hrs for questioning.
Yesterday, Madhumani's father-in-law was provided with three mobile numbers by CBI sleuths on which she could contact them. Maya (wife of Amarmani's brother), Gyanu and Kishore (said to be Tripathi's kin) were asked to appear before the agency office on November 16, but no one, including Madhumani made themselves available for questioning.
Another notice was pasted outside the house of state Welfare Minister (Independent Charge) Shyam Narain, the uncle of prime accused Amarmani Tripathi, to appear before the agency office tomorrow at 1000 hrs.
Madhumani has been absconding since the arrest of alleged killer Prakash Chandra Pandey alongwith other two accused on November six.
A team of CBI sleuths has reportedly gone to Bareilly to trace Madhumani.
The two alleged killers of Madhumita, Santosh Rai alias Satya Prakash Tripathi and Prakash Chandra Pandey have reportedly told the investigators that Amarmani's maternal cousin Rohit Chaturvedi had paid them Rs two lakh to carry out the killing at the behest of Madhumani.
The CBI has also recovered a .315 bore country-made pistols from a house in Gorakhpur which the killers had used to kill the seven-month pregnant poetess.
Bureau Report
''We can arrest her as we are constantly tracking her movements. But since she is a woman, we want her to voluntarily appear for questioning,'' said a CBI officer who did not rule out the possibility of her arrest after the questioning.
Agency officials said by ignoring notices, Madhumani was only paving way for the agency to move court for her arrest.
In a notice pasted outside the house of Madhumani's husband and SP MLA Amarmani Tripathi today, the CBI asked her to be present at the house at 1600 hrs for questioning.
Yesterday, Madhumani's father-in-law was provided with three mobile numbers by CBI sleuths on which she could contact them. Maya (wife of Amarmani's brother), Gyanu and Kishore (said to be Tripathi's kin) were asked to appear before the agency office on November 16, but no one, including Madhumani made themselves available for questioning.
Another notice was pasted outside the house of state Welfare Minister (Independent Charge) Shyam Narain, the uncle of prime accused Amarmani Tripathi, to appear before the agency office tomorrow at 1000 hrs.
Madhumani has been absconding since the arrest of alleged killer Prakash Chandra Pandey alongwith other two accused on November six.
A team of CBI sleuths has reportedly gone to Bareilly to trace Madhumani.
The two alleged killers of Madhumita, Santosh Rai alias Satya Prakash Tripathi and Prakash Chandra Pandey have reportedly told the investigators that Amarmani's maternal cousin Rohit Chaturvedi had paid them Rs two lakh to carry out the killing at the behest of Madhumani.
The CBI has also recovered a .315 bore country-made pistols from a house in Gorakhpur which the killers had used to kill the seven-month pregnant poetess.
Bureau Report