The Manas Vajpayee Case | What Happened That Day in Lucknow?

On 20 August 2026, a series of events in Lucknow, India, left three members of one family dead and prompted a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding what happened. The case involved Manas Vajpayee, his wife Divya Mishra, who worked at an ICICI Bank branch in Gomti Nagar, and Manas's sister, Shiva Vajpayee. Manas and Divya had reportedly been living separately and divorce proceedings were underway. According to police and media reports, Manas met Divya outside her workplace shortly before the first incident. Investigators subsequently examined CCTV footage, evidence recovered from the scenes and a WhatsApp status posted by Manas as they worked to establish the sequence of events and circumstances surrounding the case. In this episode of Evidence Bag Stories, we follow the known timeline, the information released by authorities and the questions investigators have been examining. This animated documentary is presented respectfully and is based on publicly available reporting. Where accounts or allegations differ, they are identified as such, and speculation is not presented as established fact. Police inquiries into the wider circumstances of the case have continued following the incident. Subscribe to Evidence Bag Stories for carefully researched real-life cases, investigations and stories that have captured public attention.