LUCKNOW: A 21-year-old youth murdered his father and dismembered the body to dispose it discreetly, allegedly due to pressure to clear NEET and paltry sums received to run his father's liquor shop.
The accused, Akshat Singh, admitted to having killed his father Manvendra Singh (49) on February 20, 2056, at their residence under Ashiayana police station area at 4:30 am.
Investigators revealed that the motive stemmed from ongoing disputes between father and son.
Manvendra wanted Akshat to qualify for NEET and pursue MBBS, while Akshat insisted on starting a lawn or restaurant business instead of continuing in the pathology field.
According to police, the accused shot his father with a licensed rifle in front of his sister during an argument. He threatened his sister, a Class 12 student, saying that she would also meet the same fate as their father if she told anyone about the incident.
He then dismembered the body with a saw, placed the remains in a blue drum, and disposed of the head separately by throwing it 21 kilometres away from home. After disposing of the remains, Akshat cleaned the car and, three days later, filed a missing person report at the Ashiayana police station.
He told police that his father had left on February 20 at 6 am saying he was going to Delhi and said he would return by afternoon of February 21, but hasn't returned yet and that all three of his mobile numbers were continuously switched off.
However, his nervous demeanor during questioning by the cops and ever changing statements raised suspicion. Upon strict questioning, he first said that his father had committed suicide. When pressured further, he confessed to the murder.
Taking the accused along, police recovered several body parts of Manvendra Singh from the scene, though the head remained missing.
During interrogation, he revealed that he had disposed of the body parts in Sadrauna area of Kakori. Police remained at the house for about eight hours conducting investigation. Late at night, the body was sent for post-mortem.
DCP Vikrant Veer confirmed Akshat’s involvement and stated that searches were on to recover the remaining body parts based on the accused’s directions.
The forensic team and police continued investigating the crime scene house until 2 am on Tuesday.
The family originally hails from Jalaun district of Bundelkhand region of UP.
Manvendra Singh's father Surendra Pal Singh had retired from Uttar Pradesh Police. Manvendra Singh owned Vardhman Pathology Lab and was also involved in the liquor business.
After his wife's death nine years ago, he had been raising his son Akshat (21) and daughter Kriti (17) by himself.
Four years ago, Akshat left a six-page letter expressing his wish to not pursue MBBS and fled home. After being persuaded by his father, he returned in just one day. The accused was pursuing B.Com. However, he had regular disagreements with his father over pursuing MBBS instead.