The two accused ” advocates-cum-struggling actors ” had strangled Meenakshi Thapa after which severed her head from the torso; they dumped the torso in Allahabad and the pinnacle at the Allahabad-Varanasi highway
A team of Mumbai police aided by Allahabad cops traced the headless torso of Meenakshi Thapa, a budding Bollywood actress who was abducted on March 30, to a septic tank here, police said yesterday.
The murder accused — Amit Jaiswal and Preeti Sarin —have confessed to killing Thapa lured by ransom.
The duo first befriended Thapa noting her high profile lifestyle after which brought her to Allahabad under the pretext of adjusting a gathering with a Bhojpuri producer. Later, she was abducted by Jaiswal and Sarin, police said.
The accused, who've dabbled with some modelling assignments as well, called up Thapa’s mother in Dehradun demanding Rs 15 lakh as ransom to let her off. However, the fogeys could cough up only Rs 60,000. It was then that the duo decided to kill Thapa, police said.
According to police, the duo strangled the actress after which severed her head from the torso. They dumped the torso in a septic tank within the Darbhanga Colony area of the town and the severed head within the Vindhyasani area at the Allahabad-Varanasi highway.
While the torso of Thapa was fished out of the septic tank after the accused led the police team to the area, efforts are directly to trace the pinnacle of the slain starlet.
Plot of the deadly real life story
Jaiswal and Surin had come to Mumbai last year and were staying in Virar. The 2 were advocates from Allahabad and were running a training class there. The duo had befriended Thapa at a movie shoot.
Thapa had told them that she was from a rich family and was working in Bollywood as a hobby. The couple then came up with a plan to kidnap Thapa. The 2 on March 13, lured Thapa to Allahabad at the pretext of a movie shoot.
After killing her in Gorakhpur, they acquired her ATM card and mobile SIM card. The 2 then made calls to the victim’s mother and demanded a ransom. They threatened the family that they might shoot an obscene film of Thapa after which kill her if their demand was not met.
The family had given the abductors Rs 60,000 while cops were looking for the duo. Following a tip-off, they were arrested from Bandra.
Courtesy: Mid-Day.com
