The mystery of the murder of 63-year-old pharmaceutical businessman Vineet Menucha, who was killed in the Indian city of Kanpur, has been solved.

According to Indian media, Vineet Menocha’s 36-year-old daughter-in-law Shalu had allegedly promised to pay Rs 6 lakh to Vishal, an ex-employee, to get her father-in-law killed.

Vineet Menucha was found dead in his flat last Saturday night, the victim was stabbed to death 26 times. Police have arrested 30-year-old Vishal and his accomplice Raj Kishore with the help of CCTV cameras.

According to the Indian media, during the investigation, Vishal, the hired killer, admitted that he had committed the murder at Shalo’s behest.

According to the police, the accused was angry with her father-in-law for monitoring the house through CCTV, objecting her to go to late-night events and demanding money for even minor expenses.

According to investigation, Shalu and father-in-law had a bitter argument on July 28 when they came home late, after which the accused planned to kill father-in-law, Shalu gave the spare key of the flat to Vishal and promised to pay him money for the murder.

On Saturday night, Shalo went to the event with her husband and child, taking the opportunity, Vishal and Raj Kishore entered the flat, the initial plan was to strangle her with a pillow, but the two ended up stabbing Vineet 26 times.

According to Indian media, Shalu and her husband returned around 3 am and found Vineet in a pool of blood, no valuables were stolen from the flat, leading the police to believe that the murder was not a robbery but a personal grudge.

According to Indian media, the accused Shalo has been transferred to jail, while the police are also examining the call records of the victim’s son.