Overview
- Post-mortem findings show multiple fractures and severe head injuries, indicating Pradeep Singh was beaten to death rather than killed in an accident.
- Investigators say Mamta Singh took four life insurance policies in her son’s name worth over Rs 1 crore, alleging a plan to claim the payout and sustain a relationship with her lover.
- Police have arrested the lover, Mayank Katiyar, and say his brother Rishi was caught after an encounter in which he was injured and is now under treatment.
- Officers report recovering the suspected hammer used in the killing, a country-made pistol and the car believed to have been used to transport the victim.
- Mobile-location analysis placed Mamta and Mayank at the same spot at the time of the crime, and police say Mayank’s interrogation statement implicated Mamta as the alleged planner.