LUCKNOW: A senior advocate and four-time former president of the Kalpi Bar Association, Gayadin Ahirwar (70), was allegedly abducted and murdered after being lured into a car by men posing as clients seeking to discuss a case.
His body was recovered from Kanpur Nagar's Sachendi area on Sunday morning, hours after he went missing while returning home from court.
Police have detained three suspects and are questioning them to unravel the conspiracy behind the killing.
Preliminary investigations indicate that a long-running land dispute may have been the motive, though officials said all angles are being examined.
According to family members, Ahirwar had attended proceedings at the Orai court on Saturday and called his son, Harsh Mitra, around 3.30 pm, asking him to pick him up from Munna Full Power intersection. He reportedly told his son they needed to collect a legal file from a client near the Durga Temple crossing before heading home.
Harsh took his father to the designated location on a scooter. There, a white Maruti Dzire with three occupants was waiting.
According to the family, two men…