Pradeep Shukla, former Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Department, who was recently released from jail on health ground, has been reinstated by the state government.

Shukla was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and put in Dasna jail for 90 days for his alleged role in Rs 5500 crore National Rural Health Mission scam (NRHM). He was also mission director of the NRHM when the scam was committed between 2007 and 2011. Protected by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government, he was suspended by the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in 2012.

However, the SP government preferred to go slow in his case. He has been posted as a member of the Revenue Board.

