# Lucknow man kills wife, sister then himself, CCTV shows attack 2026-08-20T19:46:22+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Aaj Tak reports that a CCTV video has emerged from the Thursday double murder and suicide in Lucknow. The footage shows the accused, Manas Bajpai, arguing with his wife Divya Mishra outside an ICICI bank, then assaulting her as bank staff try to intervene. Police say Manas, an SBI senior assistant manager, shot Divya twice at the spot. According to Aaj Tak, Manas then went home by auto, killed his ill sister, and shot himself. Three weapons were recovered. The tenant, Lovkush, told the channel that Manas appeared agitated, went inside and locked the door. When the door was broken open, both were found dead. Police are investigating a WhatsApp status in which Manas allegedly accused his wife of cheating and said he had killed her and would kill himself and his sister. The couple had a marital dispute and were living separately, a divorce case was pending in court. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Aaj Tak’s coverage is a straightforward crime report with no discernible government slant. It leads with the dramatic CCTV video, then lays out the sequence, the tenant’s account, and the police investigation. The outlet does not editorialise or add social commentary. The measured read is that this was a domestic violence murder-suicide with prior marital strife and a court case. The key detail to watch is the forensic analysis of the WhatsApp status and the weapons used. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 1 neutral - aajtak.in (neutral report) Straight crime reporting with no framing slant, leads with CCTV footage and police facts. - bazaar.businesstoday.in This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-25T00:19:08+00:00. Tags: दिव्या मिश्रा, मानस बाजपेई, लखनऊ Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/lucknow-man-kills-wife-sister-then-himself-cctv-shows-attack/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/lucknow-man-kills-wife-sister-then-himself-cctv-shows-attack/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/