On Diwali night, November 1, 2024, in Sachindi near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Shivbeer Singh (50) was allegedly poisoned with drugged tea and beaten to death with an iron rod by his wife, Laxmi Devi, and her lover, Amit (Shivbeer's nephew). Laxmi subsequently misled family members and police for nearly ten months by claiming Shivbeer had moved to Gujarat for employment where phones were restricted. Suspecting foul play after extended silence, Shivbeer's sister Kant Devi and mother Savitri Devi reported his missing status to the Sachindi police in August 2025. Investigations revealed unusual phone activity between Laxmi and Amit, and Shivbeer's 10-to-12-year-old son, Rohit, disclosed witnessing his mother and Amit carrying his father's bleeding body on Diwali night. Following interrogation, Laxmi and Amit confessed to killing Shivbeer, burying his corpse in a orchard 400 meters away, and dissolving the body using salt over multiple days before later re-exhuming remaining bones to throw into a nearby drain. Police subsequently exhumed scattered skeletal remains, clothes, and a locket from the burial pit and arrested both suspects.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Sachindi, Kanpur
Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide
Relationship Status: Married
Relationship Duration: Approximately 7 years (living in village)
Incident Date: Nov. 1, 2024
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Approximately 7 years (living in village)
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2024-11-01
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Crime Tak - India · Original language: Hindi
जिसे पूरी दुनिया में ढूंढ रहे थे वो 400 मीटर दूर गड्ढे में दफ़्न पड़ा हुआ था
Infidelity
The victim, Shivbeer Singh, had relocated with his wife Laxmi Devi from Gujarat back to his ancestral area in Sachindi, Kanpur. During their residency in the village, Laxmi entered into an extramarital relationship with Shivbeer's nephew, Amit. When Shivbeer discovered the affair, interpersonal conflict arose. Laxmi and Amit systematically executed a premeditated plan on Diwali night by drugging Shivbeer's tea, fatally assaulting him with an iron crowbar, and concealing his body in a orchard pit treated with salt, while fabricating a story that Shivbeer had taken a job in Gujarat.
Initial efforts were delayed because Laxmi convinced family members that Shivbeer was working in Gujarat at a facility prohibiting mobile phones. Investigators broke the case by examining Call Detail Records (CDR), which showed Shivbeer's phone went dark on November 1, 2024 in Sachindi, while Laxmi maintained frequent, long-duration contact with Amit. Eyewitness testimony from 10-to-12-year-old Rohit confirmed seeing his mother and Amit carrying his bleeding father. Both Laxmi and Amit confessed upon strict interrogation, leading to the recovery of skeletal fragments, clothes, and a locket from the burial site.
For ten months, the disappearance was treated by the family as a voluntary move for employment in Gujarat due to Laxmi's plausible deception. When police excavated the reported grave site 400 meters behind the house, they initially found the body missing, causing momentary confusion until the suspects confessed that stray dogs had exposed the grave, prompting them to exhume most of the bones and throw them into a nearby drain.
On November 1, 2024 (Diwali), Laxmi prepared tea laced with intoxicating pills. Shivbeer consumed the heavy dose, while child Rohit rejected his cup due to its bitter taste. Around midnight, after Shivbeer collapsed unconscious, Laxmi summoned Amit. The two struck Shivbeer on the head with an iron bar (*sabal*), causing lethal trauma. They carried the bleeding body to an orchard 400 meters away, buried it, and repeatedly added salt across multiple days to speed up decomposition. Ten months later, missing person inquiries and phone analysis exposed the conspiracy.
The case illustrates significant risk factors including an illicit extramarital attachment, discovery of the affair leading to marital violence, pre-planned administration of intoxicants, extreme physical violence using a heavy iron tool, coercion and physical harm inflicted on a child witness to enforce silence, and elaborate post-offense concealment efforts lasting nearly ten months.
False narratives regarding long-distance employment and unverified phone restrictions can conceal domestic foul play for extended periods. Call detail record analysis combined with sensitive child witness interviews provided the crucial breakthroughs needed to solve a cold missing-person investigation.
Shivbeer's sudden disappearance on Diwali night, coupled with Laxmi's claim that he departed for Gujarat overnight due to urgent company calls while his phone remained permanently turned off, served as an unexamined red flag.
CDR analysis demonstrated that Shivbeer's phone lost power in Sachindi on Diwali night and never reactivated. Concurrently, Laxmi's CDR revealed unusually frequent, prolonged phone calls with her nephew-in-law Amit.
Key physical evidence recovered from the excavation site included skeletal bones, Shivbeer's locket, and his clothing fragments. Crucial testimonial evidence came from the child witness Rohit and the detailed confessions of Laxmi and Amit.
Rohit, the victim's 10-to-12-year-old son, stated that his tea tasted bitter so he gave it away, and later woke up to see his mother and Amit carrying his bleeding father out of the room. He stated his mother subsequently physically assaulted and burned him with tongs to force his silence.
What initially began as a routine missing person investigation filed ten months post-disappearance quickly shifted into a premeditated homicide and body-concealment case after child witness testimony and CDR findings were integrated.
The complete skeletal remains were not recovered at the burial site because the suspects threw most exhumed bones into a nearby flowing drain after stray dogs disturbed the grave.