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Shiva Sharma’s Death: Murder Allegations Against Influencer Shraddha Dubey
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Core Event
On October 9, 2024, 28-year-old restaurant entrepreneur Shiva Sharma fell from the fourth-floor flat of his girlfriend, social-media influencer Shraddha Dubey, in Lucknow’s Awadh Green Apartment. Police recovered the body, noting that Sharma was wearing only underwear and bore multiple injuries, including damage to his eyes, jaw, ribs, leg, and cigarette-burn marks. His mother, Ranjana Sharma, filed a complaint on October 10 alleging that Sharma had been held captive, tortured, and then pushed from the balcony.
Background & Context
Sharma owned the Vande Mataram Chicken and Aangan restaurant chains and operated a café. Earlier, he had been named as an accused in a firing incident in Lucknow Gomti Nagar on August 30, for which a reward of INR50,000 was announced. Shraddha Dubey, a former “Best Face of Lucknow” winner, is a model and fashion blogger who divorced her husband in 2022 and lives alone in a rented flat in Hazratganj. She has a son who resides with her ex-spouse in Rae Bareli.
Investigation Findings
Police have registered a murder FIR under BNS Section 103(1). The investigation team has examined CCTV footage from the apartment building and from Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. The footage shows a white Audi with a “Secretariat” label arriving at the complex about 15 minutes after Sharma’s fall, and later shows Dubey, her sister Rashmi Dubey, her driver, and several unidentified individuals leaving the premises. Searches have been conducted in Delhi and Nepal to locate Dubey and her associates. Investigators are also reviewing recovered sex toys, sexual-enhancement drugs, and chat logs between Sharma and Dubey that contain references to political figures.
Official Statements & Responses
- Ranjana Sharma alleged that Dubey threatened to implicate her son in false cases and used connections with politicians, senior bureaucrats, and Indian cricketers to intimidate him. She also claimed that Dubey visited the family shop a week before the incident and demanded that Sharma be handed over to her.
Conflicting Reports & Gaps
- The exact cause of Sharma’s fall remains undetermined; police have not confirmed whether it was accidental, suicidal, or the result of a push.
- While the mother’s complaint describes extensive injuries and torture, forensic confirmation of these injuries has not been publicly released.
- CCTV footage shows multiple people exiting the building after the fall, but the identities of all occupants of the white Audi and their role in the incident have not been established.
- The chat logs referenced by investigators have not been authenticated or made public, leaving their relevance to the case unclear.
Ongoing Police Action
Investigators continue to question Dubey’s close associates in Lucknow and Delhi, and raids are underway at several locations in Delhi. The search for Dubey extends to Nepal, and police are seeking to identify the occupants of the white Audi that arrived shortly after the fall. Further updates are expected as forensic analysis and digital evidence are examined.
