The CBI has arrested former Lucknow chief medical officer A K Shukla in connection with the October 2010 murder of his predecessor,Vinod K Arya. Shukla was arrested here late Sunday night on charges of conspiring to kill Arya,a CBI spokesperson said. According to the CBI,Shukla feared being exposed over misappropriation of funds in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). He may also be charged in the killing of another chief medical officer,B P Singh. Shukla had been arrested by the CBI last year in connection with the NRHM scam but granted bail by the Allahabad High Court. The agency claimed that evidence indicated that former deputy chief medical officer Y S Sachan,who had died mysteriously while in custody,may have been a co-conspirator in the murder of Arya. While Arya was murdered as he was taking a morning walk in October 2010 in the Vikas Nagar area,Singh was shot dead in April last year at Gomti Nagar. The HC had directed the CBI to probe the murders of the two CMOs and also irregularities in implementation of the NRHM. Shukla was remanded in judicial custody till May 21 by Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI) Mirza Jeenat following his arrest. He requested that he be provided security inside the jail.
