Overview

• Kishore Paikra, a disabled landowner, was killed on June 21–22 in a rented Raipur flat, bound and throat slit before his body was encased in cement inside a suitcase and steel trunk.
• CCTV footage captured an Alto car with a fake number plate transporting the trunk; investigators linked its purchase to Shivani Sharma through Golbazar shop records.
• Lawyer Ankit Upadhyay and his wife were detained at Delhi airport on June 24 while attempting to flee Raipur.
• Two local aides, Vinay Yadu and Suryakant Yadu, were detained for allegedly assisting the couple in disposing of the trunk.
• Investigators say Upadhyay allegedly shorted Paikra by Rs 20 lakh in a Rs 50 lakh land deal, a financial dispute that police believe triggered the premeditated murder.