LUCKNOW: A Rs 1.5 crore monetary settlement sought by Divya Mishra in her divorce might have been a probable motive behind her homicide by her banker husband, Manas Bajpayi, police stated because the investigation into the double murder-suicide continued.Police are additionally inspecting strained relations between the couple over Manas’s youthful sister, Sheeba, 28, with whom Divya reportedly didn’t wish to reside.Police have based mostly their premise on the divorce case listening to in a household court docket on August 18, the place the demand for Rs 1.5 crore in alimony got here up.In keeping with the preliminary probe, Manas turned distressed after the court docket listening to and subsequently started getting ready for the assault.Police, nevertheless, haven’t formally concluded that the Rs 1.5 crore demand alone was the motive. The monetary dispute is being examined alongside the couple’s troubled relationship, allegations of home discord and the disagreement over Sheeba.
Couple had been residing individually
Manas and Divya had a court docket marriage in 2017 however had been residing individually since November final 12 months after years of marital discord.Divya had filed for divorce in January this 12 months. The couple had no youngsters.In keeping with family members, their relationship was initially steady, however disputes regularly emerged over home and household issues and Divya left residence.When Manas’s mom was identified with most cancers in 2018, Divya once more got here again to reside with him. Disagreements over Sheeba subsequently intensified.After the loss of life of Manas’s mom in 2019, Divya once more moved away. The couple later reconciled, however their relationship deteriorated once more over the next years.
Three shootings in sooner or later
Manas, a financial institution clerk, shot lifeless Divya, a relationship supervisor with a non-public financial institution, exterior her office in Gomti Nagar on Thursday afternoon.He then went to his residence close to Husadiya Crossing, the place he shot lifeless Sheeba and turned the gun on himself.After reaching residence, Manas allegedly locked himself contained in the room and switched on the TV at excessive quantity. Police suspect the loud audio could have been supposed to masks the sound of gunfire.WhatsApp standing beneath scrutinyAfter killing Divya and earlier than taking his personal life, Manas posted a WhatsApp standing claiming that he had killed his spouse as a result of she had betrayed him.The message additionally reportedly acknowledged that he supposed to kill himself and his sister and named Divya’s sister, YouTuber Pragya Mishra, and her husband, Bharat.Divya’s cousin Mayank Dixit has denied that Pragya and Bharat had any data of the issues referred to within the message.Police are inspecting the WhatsApp standing, digital information and different digital proof to find out whether or not the allegations made by Manas had any factual foundation.
Police look at deliberate assault
With the restoration of three firearms, CCTV footage exhibiting the assault and the reported two-day surveillance of Divya, police are inspecting the case as a pre-planned sequence of killings.Police are questioning relations, financial institution staff, safety guards and neighbours and analysing CCTV and digital proof to determine the exact chain of occasions and decide what finally triggered the killings.
