FIR filed against son of jailed former minister for abduction, extortion

Lucknow: An FIR has been registered against Amanmani Tripathi, Samajwadi Party leader and son of jailed former minister Amarmani Tripathi, for allegedly abducting a contractor and trying to extort money from him, police said on Thursday. [caption id=“attachment_1654107” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] The FIR was registered against Tripathi and his four aides on the complaint of contractor RK Pandey at the Cant police station on Wednesday, a police spokesman said in Lucknow. Pandey alleged that Tripathi abducted him on Wednesday after intercepting his car. “I was tortured and extortion money was demanded from me,” he said. He was later allowed to go. Amanmani is the son of Amarmani Tripathi, who is in jail in the murder case of poetess Madhumita Shukla. He had contested the 2012 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh from Nautanwa seat on SP ticket, but lost. PTI