Week on, Lucknow cops scramble for clues, can’t crack techie murder mystery

LUCKNOW: Even a week after software engineer and entrepreneur Ashish Goyal’s murder, police are still groping for clues in the dark. They have failed to trace the person seen following Goyal in the CCTV footage as well as in ascertaining the motive for murder.
Goyal had died under mysterious circumstances after falling from the eighth floor of Kalyan Apartments on Ring road on June 2.Next day, his father R K Agarwal had lodged a murder complaint stating that his son was murdered either due to a love triangle or in property dispute. Agarwal had said that an unidentified man was seen following Ashish in CCTV footage but disappeared thereafter. Police have failed to make any breakthrough even after seven days. All efforts to unlock Ashish’s mobile phone recovered from thespot have failed.
Police have also not been able to establish any link to property dispute or love triangle in the case. The investigators still have no clue as to why did he drive up to Kalyan Apartments. SHO Ghazipur, Brijesh Kumar Singh said, The mobile has been sent to forensic department.”
“We recored statements of all residents of the apartment but none could give any clue. We are analysing Ashish’s call details record and are also questioning his friends,” Singh said.