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YouTuber alleges pattern of abuse after Lucknow killings
Times of India··21 Aug
YouTuber Pragya Mishra said her sister Divya had described years of assault by husband Manas Bajpai, also named Vajpayee in police accounts. After Divya was shot outside a Gomti Nagar bank on 20 August 2026, Pragya wrote that Divya had said Bajpai and his sister beat their ailing mother until she died. Police have not publicly confirmed that claim.
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What It Means For You
- If you follow Pragya Mishra's channel, the new posts are her account of what Divya told her, not a completed police finding on the mother.
- Anyone who works at a bank branch can note police said the first shooting was outside the Gomti Nagar office after Divya was called out.
- If you are named in a suspect's status, as Pragya and Bharat were, that text is evidence to be tested, not a verdict.
What's Happening
- The 20 August sequence, as police described it, was wife shot, then sister shot, then the accused dead by his own hand.
- Bodies were sent for post-mortem. Pragya said the post-mortem for Divya was scheduled the morning after.
- Police said they are examining CCTV from the bank area and from Husadiya, and the source of the firearms.
What Is On Record And What Remains An Allegation
- Pragya Mishra runs the YouTube channel Ulta Chashma, which has more than 85 lakh subscribers.
- Police identified Manas as 38 and said the couple had been married about six years with no children. Sister Tulika or Shiva, depending on the report, was described as unwell.
- An FIR and forensic reports, not social media, will decide which of the family claims enter the charge sheet.
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