The BJD on Friday withdrew suspension of its Banki MlA Pravat Tripathy from the party after around three years of its imposition. The MlA had been suspended from the party after his arrest by the CBI in connection with links with the Artha Tatwa (AT) Group, a major player in the chit fund scam in the State. He was arrested by the CBI on October 31, 2014 after the CBI grilled him multiple times. As per a chargesheet filed by the CBI, Tripathy had received Rs 42 lakh from the tainted company in return for the patronage extended to it. Tripathy, in his capacity of president of the Odisha Cooperative Union from 2008 to 2011, had used his clout over the Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Societies to register the cooperative society ‘Artha Tatwa Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society limited’ at a short notice, the charge-sheet said.