Man killed live-in-partner after she pressured him for marriage: Cops

The accused recognized as Girija Shankar crushed the girl below the wheels of his automobile after which fled whereas staging it as an accident. The police additionally seized the automobile used within the crime.

On Friday morning, a lady’s physique was discovered on the street close to Protection Expo Floor within the PGI space. Police, which reached the spot after getting data from the locals, took her to the hospital the place the docs declared her lifeless on arrival.

The lady was recognized as Geeta Sharma, 30, a resident of Rae Bareli and she or he was staying on the Nilgiri Residences in Lucknow. There have been damage marks on the girl’s head and different components of the physique. The postmortem report additionally confirmed ante-mortem accidents. Police registered a homicide case and on Saturday, they detained Girja Shankar on the idea of allegations and suspicion. Shankar later confessed to the crime.

“The person and the girl had been natives of the identical place in Rae Bareli and had been staying as live-in companions in Lucknow. For a 12 months, the duo had an ongoing dispute over a number of issues. The accused man is already married and the deceased was placing strain on the accused to marry her,” stated Pankaj Singh, extra deputy commissioner of police (East). “The accused is alleged to be an advocate. Nonetheless, it’s but to be confirmed,” the ADCP added.

“Because of Girija’s unhealthy picture, nobody talked to him,’’ stated the deceased lady’s brother Lalchand, including that Geeta used to work with Girja in property enterprise in Lucknow. Geeta additionally used to return dwelling very not often. “There was an insurance coverage of ₹one crore rupees in Geeta’s title, wherein Girija Shankar was the nominee. This homicide came about to seize the insurance coverage quantity,” sufferer’s brother alleged.

The ADCP stated that on Thursday night time, Girija took Geeta for a protracted drive. “He someway satisfied her to get down from the automobile at a secluded stretch within the PGI space after which hit her twice,” stated the ADCP.

Based on police, on Friday morning round 9.30 am, Girija known as from an unknown quantity and instructed her brother Lalchand that Geeta had met with an accident.

“After a while, he reached my home in Rae Bareli in his SUV and made me sit within the automobile and instructed me that Geeta died in an accident. I had doubts about his position as earlier the police requested me to succeed in Lucknow and I used to be instructed that Geeta was being handled in PGI. This raised doubts as to how Girija knew about Geeta’s dying beforehand. How did he attain Rae Bareli inside a couple of hours of the incident,” stated the brother.

Based on the brother, Girja Shankar additionally received some restore work completed in his automobile and refused to reply the small print.

Based on police, Geeta and Girija had a dispute concerning cash transactions. Lalchand stated that Girja had married twice. He had divorced his first spouse and later he married once more. His second spouse lives in Rae Bareli whereas he lived with Geeta in Lucknow.