Overview
- Varanasi police arrested Virendra Yadav on January 25 on suspicion of killing former colleague Aftab Alam.
- Alam’s body was found on January 8 near a pond in Mahagaon Madai village and identified from documents recovered at the site.
- Investigators say call records and a Rs 40,000 UPI transfer from Alam’s account to Yadav that day linked the two.
- CCTV and ATM footage reportedly showed them together, and police recovered Alam’s PAN and Aadhaar cards, ATM card, phone, and a rope said to have been used.
- Police allege Yadav confessed to strangling Alam with an associate on January 7 after humiliation over allegedly being fed suspected cow meat in September, and the search for the co-accused continues.