Shraddha Dubey, accused of killing her businessman boyfriend, Shiva Sharma, has released another.
LUCKNOW: Model and social media influencer Shraddha Dubey, named as the prime accused in the death of 28-year-old restaurant owner Shiva Sharma in Lucknow, has released another video on Thursday claiming that the two had been dating for the past two months and that Sharma was under a massive debt.In the five-minute-long video, Dubey recounted the events leading up to Sharma’s death. Dubey alleged that Sharma had been receiving calls from people he had borrowed money from and had repeatedly told her that he would die by suicide if he could not repay the loans.She said she could show screenshots to support her claims.In the video, Dubey also appealed to people to stop harassing her, warning that she would die by suicide if the alleged torture continued.“Think why would someone kill someone and throw them from their own apartment,” she said, questioning the allegations against her.
She urged the media not to spread rumours without evidence. Referring to Sharma’s mother, Dubey alleged that she had started a quarrel with her driver in the hospital. She then said, “It's not like you have lost a son, I have lost my boyfriend.”Dubey claimed that she and Sharma had not spoken to each other for six to seven days before the incident.
On October 7, Sharma allegedly contacted her driver through a tea vendor and was crying, she said."Then I called him twice from my number. He did not pick up the call at that time. Later, he called me around 2am. I asked him what happened to which he asked me to meet him. We met, went to cafe where he ordered coffee for me and juice for himself," she said, adding that he had a "lot of beers" before meeting her."Later, both of us went to my place. While he drove my car, my driver took his car," she said.Dubey said her sister, Rashmi, visited her home on October 8 to discuss a puja for Navratri. She denied her sister's involvement in the case, claiming that Rashmi barely knew Sharma and had hardly spoken to him."My sister has nothing to do with this case. She did not even know Shiva that well. She never spoke to him...My sister and I, we went for a walk that evening. Shiva's friends joined us - one of them was Ashwini Mishra and other named Harsh.
We all went for a long drive. I spoke to Shiva, his mother, brother-in-law, and sister too that day," she said.Recounting the day Sharma died, Dubey claimed that he appeared depressed on October 9. She said they woke up and made tea before he went to the washroom."I don't even know what it was. We woke up, made tea. Shiva went to the washroom. Usually, he would never close the main gate. But this time, he did. I asked my sister to go check up on him after a while.
As soon as she opened the gate, he jumped from the balcony," she said.Dubey alleged that Sharma's mother accused them of murder and assaulted her driver when she arrived at the hospital."It will be recorded on the hospital's camera. Without knowing anything, she accused us of murder. Without thinking, she blamed us for murder. She blamed us so badly that we might not be able to get out of that blame for life," she said.The 1st videoEarlier, Dubey had released another video denying any wrongdoing and claiming that Sharma’s death was a case of suicide, not murder. She also urged the media to stop linking her to politicians and senior officials, saying she was willing to appear before the police and record her statement.“Just because someone follows me or is connected to me on Instagram does not mean I know them or have any relationship with them,” she had said.Dubey had also denied being absconding and claimed she wanted to cooperate with investigators.“I am not missing. I want to come before the police and tell them everything I know.
I want to place the complete truth before them,” she said in the earlier video.Sharma died on October 9 after falling from the fourth floor of Awadh Green Apartment in Lucknow’s Hazratganj area. According to police sources, he had been in a relationship with Dubey for around four months.Following his death, Sharma’s mother, Ranjana Sharma, lodged an FIR accusing Dubey, her sister Rashmi, driver Adil and others of murdering her son. The family has alleged that Dubey pushed Sharma from the building, a claim investigators are examining.
Lucknow Police have announced a reward of Rs 25,000 each for information leading to the arrest of Dubey, her sister Rashmi Dubey and Tanveer Ali alias Danish in connection with the case.