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100 questions, 309 calls, Rs 6 lakh murder plot: In eye of storm, UP's 'killer bahu'

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100 questions, 309 calls, Rs 6 lakh murder plot: In eye of storm, UP's 'killer bahu'
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Police in Kanpur are seeking custody of Shalu Manocha to investigate her alleged role in the murder of her father-in-law, Vineet Manocha. Investigators are examining evidence of a conspiracy involving hired help and potential complicity from her husband.

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This case highlights ongoing criminal investigations into domestic violence and contract killings within high-profile families.

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KANPUR: Police are seeking 15 days' custody of Shalu, the daughter-in-law of slain pharmaceutical trader Vineet Manocha, for questioning over the alleged murder conspiracy.Investigators are preparing more than 100 questions for Shalu as they try to establish how the killing was planned, whether anyone else was involved and what role her husband, Subrat Manocha, may have played.Manocha, 60, was found murdered at his Ratan Orbit flat in the early hours of September 5. His post-mortem found more than two dozen stab wounds on his chest, back, abdomen, stomach, hands, thighs and neck.A team of senior police officers and experts will question Shalu if the court grants her police remand, Commissioner of Police Raghubir Lal told PTI."The questioning will focus on how the conspiracy was planned and executed, the role of those arrested and whether anyone else was involved," Lal said.Police have alleged that Shalu was the mastermind and had hired…

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