New Delhi: Investigators probing the murder of Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, a project manager with Adani Realty, are exploring whether his former colleague Anya Vats and her partner, Sanyam Sachdeva, had allegedly planned to dupe him after learning about his financial status, police sources said.
Manchanda and Vats had worked together at a real estate developer from 2019-2022, according to police.
Vats was subsequently removed from the organisation over alleged financial irregularities, the sources said. “We suspect that she may have come to know about Yuvraj’s lifestyle and that he was earning well,” a police source said. A cheating case in connection with the alleged fraud was registered at Parliament Street police station in Aug. Police are also examining allegations that the accused used fabricated notices purportedly issued in the name of Union home ministry. The notices allegedly referred to fictitious cases under laws including the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), allegedly to intimidate the victim into transferring money.
Investigators are now examining her renewed contact with Manchanda in Dec last year and the circumstances in which the two reconnected.