In June 2003, the chief investigator in the case, Mahendra Lalka (IPS 1967), was suspended, by the State Government and then reinstated within 45 days as the government realised that Mr. Lalka was right and also Mr. Lalka was backed by the IAS and IPS lobby both from the state and center. A senior Indian Police Service officer claimed that Mayawati had ordered the suspension of state CID Director General Mahendra Lalka simply because he refused give Tripathi a clean chit.