The son of a pharmaceutical dealer in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur allegedly conspired to kill his father fearing that he would transfer his property to some other woman, police have said after arresting him in the murder case.
The police later found out that the alleged killer made six calls to Subrat from a newly purchased SIM. Police also alleged that Subrat and Vishal had attempted to divert suspicion towards Shalu. He was also then arrested on September 23. Subrat’s father gave him around Rs 40,000 every month for his expenses, while he was paying about Rs 55,000 a month towards loan instalments, the police said.
During the initial investigation, the police had said the mastermind was Vineet’s daughter-in-law and arrested her , along with their former employee, Vishal Gautam, and his associate, Rajkishore. During interrogation, Subrat told police that he plotted the murder as his father had relationships with several women and feared that he would start living with another woman and transfer all his property in her name. The initial plan was to make the death appear accidental or natural, but the plan was later changed, the police said.
At the time of his alleged killing, the victim was alone at home, while his son, Subrat, had gone to a party with his wife, Shalu. The body of Vineet Manocha , 60, was found with his throat slit in his flat in the upscale Indira Nagar area in Kanpur on September 5.
