{"id":22416,"date":"2026-09-10T09:49:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=22416"},"modified":"2026-09-10T09:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:49:40","slug":"you-are-smart-are-you-in-relationship-whatsapp-chats-expose-how-killer-bahu-manipulated-ex-employee-to-kill-father-in-law-kanpur-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=22416","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You are smart, are you in relationship?\u2019: WhatsApp chats expose how \u2018killer bahu\u2019 manipulated ex-employee to kill father-in-law | Kanpur News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134000635,imgsize-158028,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-law-shalu-and-her-husband-l-vineet-minocha-m.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018You are smart, are you in relationship?\u2019: WhatsApp chats expose how \u2018killer bahu\u2019 manipulated ex-employee to kill  father-in-law\" title=\"Investigators found WhatsApp messages indicating Shalu urged Vishal Gautam to murder her father-in-law. Shalu and her husband (L) Vineet Minocha (M)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Investigators found WhatsApp messages indicating Shalu urged Vishal Gautam to murder her father-in-law. Shalu and her husband (L) Vineet Minocha (M)\">Investigators found WhatsApp messages indicating Shalu urged Vishal Gautam to murder her father-in-law. Shalu and her husband (L) Vineet Minocha (M)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>KANPUR: Investigators probing the killing of Kanpur-based pharmaceutical businessman Vineet Minocha have uncovered WhatsApp messages they believe indicate that his daughter-in-law, Shalu, urged the accused, Vishal Gautam, to murder him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Shalu, Vishal, and another accused, Rajkishore, have been remanded to jail. According to a senior police official, Shalu and Vishal had been communicating on WhatsApp for quite some time.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>At first, Vishal regularly sent her good morning and good night texts without getting any response, but around three months ago, Shalu started replying and engaging in conversation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kanpur\/why-ups-killer-bahu-devised-3-plans-to-eliminate-crorepati-bizman-he-controlled-our-finances\/articleshow\/133997915.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 plans. 1 target. 26 stabs: &#8216;Killer bahu\u2019s\u2019 chilling murder script<\/a><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>She complimented Vishal on his looks, writing that he was smart, and asked him whether he was in a relationship and why he had not yet married.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Police believe Shalu began planning the murder about three months earlier and intentionally manipulated Vishal into carrying it out.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>DCP West SM Qasim Abidi said that after the murder, Vishal erased his chat history with Shalu, though he failed to fully remove the WhatsApp call records. Investigators found evidence of multiple exchanges between the two. Vishal had also been in touch with Minocha\u2019s son, including on the day the murder took place.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Police said Vishal discarded a duplicate key to the flat at some distance from the apartment later that night. Officers intend to request his custodial remand in court so they can recover the key and question him further.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Minocha, 63, who lived in Ratan Orbit Apartment in Indiranagar, Kalyanpur, was killed late on Saturday night. His son and daughter-in-law had gone to a party and returned at 4:13 a.m., whereupon they discovered his blood-covered body inside a room. He had deep wounds on his neck and more than 18 sharp-force injuries.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kanpur\/you-are-smart-are-you-in-a-relationship-whatsapp-chats-expose-how-killer-bahu-manipulated-ex-employee-to-kill-millionaire-kanpur-bizman\/articleshow\/133999833.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators found WhatsApp messages indicating Shalu urged Vishal Gautam to murder her father-in-law. Shalu and her husband (L) Vineet Minocha (M) KANPUR: Investigators probing the killing of Kanpur-based pharmaceutical businessman Vineet Minocha have uncovered WhatsApp messages they believe indicate that his daughter-in-law, Shalu, urged the accused, Vishal Gautam, to murder him.Shalu, Vishal, and another accused, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l-150x150.avif","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l-300x169.avif","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/investigators-found-whatsapp-messages-indicating-shalu-urged-vishal-gautam-to-murder-her-father-in-l.avif"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Investigators found WhatsApp messages indicating Shalu urged Vishal Gautam to murder her father-in-law. 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