On the intervening night of July 13–14, 2025, in the Kaiserbagh area of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, a five-year-old girl was murdered inside her home. The victim's mother, Roshni Khan, and her live-in partner, Udit Jaiswal, allegedly killed the child after she witnessed them in an intimate position and threatened to inform her father, Shahrukh Khan. Roshni reportedly stood on the child's stomach while Udit smothered her with a cloth. Following the murder, the couple remained in the flat, engaged in intimacy, and subsequently spent time at a hotel while attempting to plan the disposal of the body. In the early morning of July 15, 2025, Roshni contacted the police, falsely claiming that her estranged husband had climbed up to their fourth-floor flat and murdered their daughter. Investigative analysis revealed that the victim had been deceased for over 24 hours. Call detail records established that Shahrukh Khan had not been near Kaiserbagh for two days, and physical evidence showed he was recovering from a broken leg with an inserted metal rod, rendering the climbing allegation physically impossible. Subsequent interrogation and default call recordings recovered from Roshni's phone exposed both the murder plot and a prior false child abuse allegation staged by Roshni and Udit against Shahrukh and his family. Both suspects confessed and were taken into police custody.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Lucknow
Incident Type: Family Homicide
Relationship Status: Married
Relationship Duration: Approximately 10 years (marriage)
Incident Date: July 14, 2025
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Approximately 10 years (marriage)
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Extramarital Relationship and Domestic Conflict
The case exhibits a pattern of severe domestic conflict combined with an extramarital relationship, substance abuse, and opportunistic framing. Following ongoing marital disputes, the suspect engaged in a live-in relationship with her husband's former friend while attempting to secure complete control over the residential property. To eliminate obstacles and frame the estranged husband, false allegations were systematically constructed, culminating in extreme physical violence against the child to conceal the illicit affair.
Kaiserbagh police responded to an early morning emergency call on July 15, 2025. Initial suspicion arose from the physical state of the body, which indicated a time of death exceeding 24 hours, contradicting the suspects' claimed timeline. Call Detail Records (CDR) proved the estranged husband was not present in Kaiserbagh for two days, while medical evidence of a recently repaired broken leg ruled out his physical ability to climb the building. Digital forensics recovered default call recordings from Roshni Khan's mobile phone detailing a prior plot to frame the husband in a false child abuse case. Roshni Khan and Udit Jaiswal confessed under interrogation and were arrested.
Initial confusion stemmed from Roshni Khan's deliberate attempts to frame Shahrukh Khan by asserting that he climbed external walls to enter the fourth-floor flat. Police quickly identified contradictions through bodily decomposition timelines, CDR location data disproving Shahrukh's presence, and physical evidence showing Shahrukh was unable to walk normally due to a surgical rod in his leg.
The incident unfolded when the child discovered her mother and Udit Jaiswal in an intimate state and threatened disclosure to her father. Driven by fear of exposure and an intent to frame Shahrukh Khan for murder to retain control of the flat, Roshni Khan and Udit Jaiswal killed the child by crushing and smothering her. After remaining in the room and later staying at a hotel while deliberating body disposal, they returned to call the police in the early hours of July 15, alleging Shahrukh committed the crime. Forensic, physical, and digital evidence dismantled the false narrative, leading to confessions and arrests.
The situation reflected extreme risk driven by substance abuse, coercive property manipulation, false criminal reporting, and severe interpersonal escalation. The child faced acute situational vulnerability after threatening to expose the extramarital relationship, leading to lethal violence executed by primary caregivers to protect their illicit union and financial interests.
False reporting and deliberate framing can obscure primary suspect identification during early investigative stages. Rigorous forensic timelines, location tracking, and physical capability assessments serve as crucial safeguards against misdirection by co-offenders seeking to exploit pre-existing legal disputes.
Persistent marital conflict surrounding substance abuse, false criminal accusations staged to expel the husband from the residence, and threats made toward family members served as major early warning indicators.
Key clues included the foul odor emanating from the deceased child indicating an earlier time of death than reported, CDR logs placing Shahrukh miles away from the scene, and Shahrukh's physical disability preventing wall-climbing.
Strongest evidence types included Call Detail Records (CDR), forensic decomposition analysis, physical medical records of the framed husband, and default mobile call audio recordings containing detailed discussions of false reporting conspiracies.
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Initial reports based on the mother's emergency call framed the victim's father as the primary suspect. Detailed police investigations disproved his involvement, shifting suspect status entirely to the mother and her live-in partner.
The precise trial schedule and legal outcome of the murder proceedings remain ongoing under judicial review.