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Crime
Medicine trader slain in Kanpur flat, throat cut; CCTV shows domestic help as suspect
✍️ Bhaskar English
🗓 07 Sep 2026, 09:26 AM
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A medicine trader was found dead with his throat slit in a Kanpur flat, and CCTV footage has identified a domestic worker as the prime suspect.
Police in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, discovered the body of a local medicine trader inside his flat, the victim having suffered a fatal throat incision.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a domestic helper employed by the trader was captured on CCTV entering and exiting the premises around the estimated time of the killing, prompting investigators to focus on the worker as the main suspect.
The trader's son discovered the body and immediately informed the authorities, after which the police detained the domestic worker for questioning and began forensic examinations of the scene.
The case is being pursued under the murder provisions of the Indian Penal Code, and officials have not released further details pending ongoing inquiries.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a domestic helper employed by the trader was captured on CCTV entering and exiting the premises around the estimated time of the killing, prompting investigators to focus on the worker as the main suspect.
The trader's son discovered the body and immediately informed the authorities, after which the police detained the domestic worker for questioning and began forensic examinations of the scene.
The case is being pursued under the murder provisions of the Indian Penal Code, and officials have not released further details pending ongoing inquiries.