Man phases loss of life to evade mortgage compensation, arrested | Lucknow Information

LUCKNOW: The Sultanpur police on Saturday arrested a 30-year-old man for faking his personal loss of life to keep away from repaying a mortgage of Rs 10 lakh.
For this, Vikrant Verma killed a person and set his physique ablaze to cross it off as his personal.
“Verma reportedly lured a 60-year-old contractual driver of a CHC Dwarikanath Shukla, recognized for his alcoholism and impoverished circumstances, with a suggestion of alcohol on Jan 16.He together with two of his aides then murdered Shukla and burned his physique, aiming to remove any identifiable stays. He then unfold the information of his suicide and fled to his girlfriend in Panipat (Haryana),” mentioned Sultanpur SP Somen Barma.
Nonetheless, when his father Ramesh lodged a grievance of homicide, the police started an intensive probe.
“We made 5 groups to work on the case. It surfaced that Vikrant used to speak to anyone at odd hours and this quantity used to stay switched off for the remaining a part of the day,” mentioned SHO, Kotwali Dehat, Shyam Sunder.
The quantity was zeroed in and it was revealed that it belonged to a lady who was in a relationship with Vikrant, the SHO mentioned.
Police additionally realized that Vikrant had accrued money owed of Rs 10 lakh and didn’t repay them because of the crash of his poultry enterprise.
A police crew in civvies saved an in depth watch on the lady’s home in Panipat for a number of days after which apprehended Vikrant on Friday as he arrived there.
He mentioned Verma was residing together with her and altered id as Vikki Kumar.
“When confronted, Verma broke down and confessed. He said that after failing within the poultry enterprise, he went to Delhi to start out an embroidery machine enterprise. There, he met Shaktimaan Kumar and Anuj Sahu, who gave him the concept to concoct this diabolical plot and escape his money owed,” mentioned the SHO.
The trio provided Shukla drinks laced with sedatives and as soon as he misplaced consciousness, they doused him with petrol and set him afire. They waited till the physique was utterly charred to make sure no identification was potential. As per their plan, they then knowledgeable Vikrant’s household that he had dedicated suicide.
The police have additionally detained Anuj and Shaktimaan.