Lucknow teen ‘kills father and dismembers body’, claims ‘pressured to clear NEET’

On Tuesday, Station House Officer of Ashiana police station, Chatrapal Singh, said the accused has claimed he was under constant pressure from his father to concentrate on his studies and clear the NEET medical entrance examination. He added that the accused will be produced before the court on Wednesday.

Police said the case came to light after local residents alerted the police about a foul smell emanating from the house. On reaching the spot, police searched the house and found a blue drum in the room — the businessman’s body, with the hands and legs missing, was inside it.

Manvendra’s body was found in a drum on the ground floor of their house in Ashiana, Lucknow. Express Photo

Police also recovered the weapon used in the crime and said the accused will be questioned in detail to establish the facts of the case.

Manvendra, a resident of Ashiana, ran a pathology centre. His wife had passed away a few years ago, and he was living with Akshat and his younger daughter.

Assistant Superintendent of Police, Abhay Pratap Mall, said the firearm used in the shooting was licensed.

According to the police, Akshat lodged a missing person’s report at Ashiana police station on February 20, claiming that his father had not returned home. While the police were engaged in efforts to trace him, they received information about a foul smell emanating from the house.

During preliminary questioning, police said the accused allegedly admitted to shooting his father dead in the early hours of February 20. In an attempt to conceal the crime, he reportedly brought the body down from the third floor to the ground floor and kept it in a room. He later allegedly dismembered the body and disposed of the parts, police said.