Amarmani Tripathi brought to Delhi for questioning

Former Uttar Pradesh [ Images ] minister Amarmani Tripathi, remanded to a week's police custody in the Madhumita Shukla murder case, was on Wednesday brought to Delhi [ Images ] for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation, agency sources said.

He is likely to undergo a lie detector test, the sources added.

Tripathi was arrested on Sunday and remanded to seven days' police custody by a special judicial magistrate in Lucknow [ Images ].

He is the key accused in the murder of the young poetess in Lucknow on May 9.

The special magistrate had directed that Tripathi be taken for a medical examination before being handed over to CBI.