Overview
- A 27–28‑year‑old restaurant owner, Shiva (Shiv) Sharma, fell from the fourth floor of influencer Shraddha Dubey’s Awadh Green flat on October 9 and later died at hospital.
- Sharma’s mother filed a complaint alleging assault, blackmail and murder, and Lucknow police registered an FIR naming Shraddha Dubey, her sister and several associates as accused.
- Investigators have recovered items from the flat and are examining CCTV footage, chat logs, a diary and the post‑mortem report that reportedly recorded multiple external and internal injuries.
- Lucknow Police have formed multiple teams, announced rewards for information, reported an SUV linked to the accused found near the India–Nepal border and are pursuing leads that may extend across the border.
- Shraddha Dubey has released videos denying wrongdoing, calling the death a suicide and saying she will cooperate, while the probe continues and no legal conclusion has been reached.