The mother of the man has accused his girlfriend, a social media influencer, of blackmailing and assaulting him over several months. A 28-year-old cafe owner died by allegedly falling from a balcony in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow.
The FIR names Dubey, her sister Rashmi Dubey, a driver identified as Danish, an associate named Adil and other unidentified individuals as accused. A murder case has been registered in connection with the incident. When Ranjana Sharma reached the emergency department of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow, she found a private ambulance parked there. A young man named Danish was standing near the ambulance and identified himself as Dubey’s driver, she alleged. The mother claimed that when she questioned him about what had happened to her son, he denied having any knowledge of the incident and left the body there. Shiva was subsequently taken into the hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
A post-mortem report is awaited, police said.
The mother said the injuries led her to suspect that her son had been assaulted before his death.
The circumstances surrounding the fall, including what happened before Shiva was taken to hospital, remain under investigation. When she asked Dubey about the possibility of marriage, Dubey agreed, she alleged. She also referred to an occasion when Shiva returned home for the death anniversary of his father. During that period, Dubey allegedly telephoned him repeatedly and threatened to implicate him in a theft case if he did not return to her.
Ranjana Sharma also described a meeting between her son and Dubey at a Hanuman temple in Hazratganj, which she said took place approximately 20 to 25 days before his death.
Shiva had arranged the meeting, according to the mother.
