An 11-day manhunt across state borders ended in Nagpur on Tuesday, with a joint team of the Lucknow Police and Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arresting model and social media influencer Shraddha Dubey , her sister Rashmi Dubey and driver Tanveer Ali alias Danish in connection with the death of cafe owner Shiva Sharma.
Amitabh Yash, additional director general of police (ADG), law and order and STF, confirmed the arrests. His mother, Ranjana Sharma, subsequently lodged a murder complaint against Dubey and others, alleging that her son had been killed. The allegations are under investigation. Dubey also shared a series of video posts during the period, even as police teams continued to search for the three accused. Her public appearances and continued social media activity raised questions about the police’s inability to trace her.
The trio had remained untraceable since October 9, when Sharma, 28, died after falling from the fourth floor of Awadh Green Apartments in Lucknow’s Hazratganj area. With the accused still at large, the police intensified the search, pursued non-bailable warrants and doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of each accused from ₹ 25,000 to ₹ 50,000.
