Overview

• The 26-year-old, identified in reports as Kunal Shukla or Kunal Gupta, was found bludgeoned inside his employer Vivek Singh’s office in Lucknow’s Banthra area.
• DCP South Nipun Agarwal said a joint Banthra police and surveillance-cell team arrested Singh, 34, and associate Wasim Ali Khan, 35, within 24 hours.
• Investigators recovered an iron rod, blood-stained clothes and the victim’s phone, items the suspects allegedly tried to discard to erase evidence.
• Police say Singh served alcohol at the office before summoning Khan, who struck the victim repeatedly with an iron rod; officials say both men confessed.
• A murder case was registered at Banthra police station, and the investigation continues as media accounts differ on the victim’s surname.