Female salon manager suicide case: LDA razes accused’s property; police seal hotel, biz, cars

Lucknow: The Lucknow Development Authority in coordination with police on Saturday demolished an allegedly illegal under-construction apartment building in Sector 6, said to be associated with the accused involved in the suicide abetment case of a female saloon manager on May 13.

“Notices were pasted on the property before portions of the structure were razed during the drive,” said the police.

Investigators also found alleged links between the case and commercial establishments associated with another accused, identified as Sharad.

“Following this, police sealed a hotel, salon and other business premises connected to him as part of the ongoing legal action,” said SHO Gomti Nagar extension Sudheer Awasthi .Three vehicles allegedly linked to the accused have also been, SHO added.

Officials said the vehicles were seized for forensic and evidentiary examination.

Police said the main accused, Mangalnath Yadav, 31, a resident of Batrauli Pandey village in Deoria district, had already been arrested and sent to judicial custody.

To expedite the arrest of the remaining accused, deputy commissioner of police (East) Deeksha Sharma announced a reward of ₹25,000 each on the absconding suspects. Multiple police teams have been formed to trace and arrest them.

The case, registered at Gomti Nagar Extension police station under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), is being investigated through what officials described as an extensive evidentiary and legal probe.