Superintendent of Police Jitendra Mehra told a press conference on Wednesday that Dhirendra and Lata were in contact with each other since the year 2020. There was a love affair between the two, but after 2022 the conversation started reducing. लता ने धीरेंद्र का मोबाइल नंबर भी ब्लॉक कर दिया था। On October 17, Dhirendra contacted her from another mobile number and reached her house between 7 and 7:30 in the evening. रात करीब 11 बजे वह दोबारा वहां गया। इस दौरान जबरदस्ती करने को लेकर दोनों के बीच विवाद हुआ। Meanwhile, Lata hit him on the head with an iron rod. Due to injury, Dhirendra fell down the stairs and died due to excessive bleeding.
After the murder, Lata wrapped the body in a sheet and hid it under the cot. The body remained kept in the house on the night of 17 and 18 October. On October 18, she reached her maternal home in Kathayatbada and told the entire incident to her brother. According to police, he asked his brother for help in disposing of the body. After this both of them planned to remove the dead body.
At around 2:22 am on October 19, both of them placed the body in vehicle number UK 02B 3843. After this, via Bhagirathi, Mandalsera and Aarey bypass, reached Nadigaon and Girechina motor road via Dyangan and St. Joseph School road. The body was thrown down from a slope of about 90 degrees on the banks of river Gomti near Thonai. शव झाड़ियों में अटक गया था। पुलिस ने मंगलवार देर शाम उसे बरामद कर लिया।
SP said that the deceased's mother Nandi Devi had lodged a missing FIR on October 31. मामले की जांच के लिए पुलिस टीम गठित की गई। The team examined CCTV footage of the incident and surrounding areas. Based on the movement of the suspicious vehicle, the police reached the accused and arrested both of them.
Police said that 32 year old Lata Bhandari, wife of late. A case has been registered against Mohit Bhandari, resident of Numaishkhet and his brother, 39-year-old Tribhuvan Singh Bisht alias Bablu, son of Madan Singh Bisht, resident of Kathayatbada, under sections 103 (1), 238 and 61 (2) of the Indian Justice Code.