Lucknow: Police have recreated the crime scene at the flat of Shraddha Dubey in Lucknow’s Hazratganj area to establish whether businessman Shiva Sharma jumped from the fourth floor or was pushed to his death.
A forensic team conducted the exercise on Friday at Avadh Green Apartments, where the incident took place on October 9. Using a dummy matching Sharma’s height and physical build, the team simulated three different ways in which a person could fall from the fourth-floor flat. Forensic experts examined the circumstances both inside the apartment and at the spot where Sharma’s body was found.
The team also collected samples from various locations inside the flat, photographed key areas and lifted fingerprints and DNA evidence. The findings are expected to help investigators reconstruct the sequence of events.
The case has remained unresolved for over a month, with the main accused, Shraddha Dubey, allegedly giving a version of events different from the police’s suspicions.
Sharma, a businessman from Aliganj, died after falling from Dubey’s fourth-floor apartment on October 9. His mother, Ranjana Sharma, subsequently lodged a murder complaint against Dubey, her sister Rashmi, driver Tanveer Ali alias Danish, Adil and others.
Dubey and the other accused were arrested in Nagpur on October 20 by a joint team of Lucknow Police and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF). Adil was also arrested separately by the STF on October 21.
The accused were subsequently brought to Lucknow and sent to judicial custody. Dubey had earlier posted videos on social media claiming that Sharma had died by suicide and denying involvement in his death.
Investigators are now awaiting the forensic report, which could provide scientific evidence to establish how Sharma fell from the apartment and clarify the circumstances surrounding his death.
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