A 21-year-old BCom scholar allegedly shot his father, a liquor businessman and pathology lab proprietor, lifeless on the morning of February 20, chopped the physique into a number of items, and put the stays in a blue drum on the household house in Lucknow’s upscale Ashiana space, police stated on Monday.
The scholar was arrested on Monday and confessed to the homicide, the police added.
The sufferer’s torso and head have been discovered contained in the drum whereas arms and legs have been thrown away by the accused in a bid to hide his crime.
The homicide comes nearly a 12 months blue plastic drum grew to become an notorious nationwide image following the March 2025 Meerut homicide case, the place 29-year-old Service provider Navy officer Saurabh Rajput was killed by his spouse, Muskan Rastogi, and her lover, Sahil Shukla.
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Within the Meerut case, criminals dismembered the physique into 15 items, positioned them in a big blue drum, and sealed it with moist cement to masks the odour and delay discovery.
In line with police sources, the son typically had an argument together with his father and was planning to kill him for nearly a 12 months after he learn in regards to the Meerut case on social media.
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The Lucknow crime stemmed from an argument after the daddy pressured his son to pursue NEET, as an alternative of B.com; nonetheless, the latter disagreed, stated Vikrant Vir, deputy commissioner of police, Central.
“ Manvendra Singh, 49, had been reported lacking for 3 days by his son. Police arrested Akshat Singh, 21, after his conflicting statements unravelled the plot,” stated DCP.
He added that the ugly discovery was made at their three-storey residence in Ashiana Sector L, the place forensic groups are actually searching for proof. The homicide was dedicated on February 20 round 4.30am, based on the police.
“After a heated argument with Manvendra, Akshat grabbed his father’s licensed rifle and fired a shot, killing him on the spot,” learn a police assertion. The act was dedicated in entrance of Akshat’s youthful sister, a Class 11 scholar. He allegedly threatened to kill her if she spoke out.
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“The sister witnessed the complete episode however was intimidated into silence,” stated the DCP.
Manvendra, proprietor of Vardhman Pathology Lab in Kakori and likewise concerned within the liquor commerce, was final seen alive that morning. Akshat later informed police his father had woken him at 6am, claiming he was heading to Delhi and would return by afternoon. However with Manvendra’s three cellular numbers going offline, the household grew anxious or so Akshat pretended.
“To erase proof, Akshat dragged the physique from the third ground to an empty ground-floor room. There, he dismembered it utilizing instruments from the home. He loaded some elements into his automobile and drove to Sadrauna, a distant space, the place he dumped them,” stated Kshatrapal, the Ashiana SHO.
“The torso and head have been stuffed right into a blue plastic drum, hidden in the identical room. Akshat deliberate to get rid of it later however was caught earlier than he might. He was within the technique of eliminating the torso once we intervened,” the DCP added.
On Monday night, officers raided the house with Akshat in custody and recovered the drum containing the mutilated stays. Forensic consultants are analyzing bloodstains within the automobile and home, whereas groups search Sadrauna for the lacking elements. Akshat’s try to wash the automobile raised suspicions of his aunt, who questioned him about it however he brushed it off.
When questioned by police, Akshat first claimed his father dedicated suicide, then admitted to the homicide.
“Strict interrogation led to his confession,” the DCP confirmed.
The Singh household hails from Jalaun district. Manvendra’s father is a retired Uttar Pradesh Police officer. Manvendra’s spouse handed away 9 years in the past.
