He scripted an abduction and turned it into murder,now in jail

Tiwari’s body was found 11 days ago at Verma’s flat in Mandawali,East Delhi. The body was packed in a suitcase.

Police said Verma,an alumni of the Film and Television Institute in Pune, befriended Tiwari on social networking site,Facebook. Verma told police that he needed money and planned Tiwari’s abduction.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Dheeraj Kumar said Verma had written four scripts,but had not been able to sell any,because of which he was in a financial crisis.

Police said Verma set his plan in motion and start to search for aspiring actors on Facebook.

“Tiwari mailed Verma his profile in the hope of getting work. Verma engaged him in dialogue,pretending to offer him work in his new script. The two exchanged phone numbers,after which Verma called him several times to gain his confidence,” Kumar said.

Police said Verma called Tiwari for a meeting at the Akshardham Metro station on February 19. Then he took Tiwari to his flat,claiming to rehearse roles.

On February 20,Verma called Tiwari to his flat again,police said,and made him enact portions of the script. He also showed Tiwari his previous scripts to gain his confidence,police said.

On February 21,Verma showed Tiwari a movie titled ‘Phas Gaye Re Obama’ on his laptop.

“There is a scene on the film where the hands and legs of the hero are tied and his mouth is gagged. Verma made Tewari enact this particular scene. Once he had him tied up,he told him that he had been kidnapped and would have to stay tied up till his parents could pay the ransom of Rs 2 lakh,” Kumar said.

According to police,when Tiwari started to struggle,Verma killed him,packed the body in a suitcase and fled Delhi.

Police said Verma had been on the move since and went to Kanpur,Allahabad,Varanasi and Lucknow. He was apprehended when he was on his way to Bahraich on March 2.

Police said some of Verma’s scripts were titled ‘Love in Kasba’,‘Sampark Kranti’ and ‘Mohlat and Pehchan’.

He is a graduate from Kanpur University and has also completed a mass communication and journalism diploma from a private institute in Delhi.

The reporter is a student of EXIMS