car had been badly burnt and the dead body had been charred beyond recognition. Meanwhile, Sharma's family tried to call him, but his mobile phone was unreachable. In the morning, Sharma's relatives identified the body as his, through the car's license plate. The police initially suspected that Sharma's car had caught fire, and he couldn't open the door due to a malfunction of the vehicle's central locking. However, Sharma's relatives alleged that he was murdered for fighting against the land mafia, and accused the police of not acting on the FIR he had filed before his death. On complaint of a family member, the police lodged a murder case against five people at the Kasna police station. Sharma's wife Savita was the secretary of the western Uttar Pradesh wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). On 2 May, the AAP demanded a probe in the alleged murder, and also asked the state government to reprimand the police for their alleged laxity. Two days later, the AAP members organised a candle march in Greater Noida, and shouted slogans against the police. They condemned the alleged police apathy, and threatened to intensify their stir if no arrests were made in the case. The party's leader Arvind Kejriwal sought a speedy probe into the alleged murder. Investigation and arrest Immediately after staging his own death, Sharma travelled to Bangalore by train. Subsequently, he assumed a new identity as "Nitin Sharma" and shaved his head. He managed to get a job at the Honda plant in Narsapur (Kolar district, Karnataka), with help of forged marksheets and past work experience. Meanwhile, Honda paid 2,000,000 to Sharma's family. On 6 June, around a month after the incident, Sharma's girlfriend Preeti came to Kolar to live with him. Her family filed a missing person report. The police didn't know about the relationship between the two at this time, but while investigating the case, they found that the SIM card of her mobile was registered in Sharma's name. By August 2014, Sharma had started finding his new life with Preeti financially taxing. He, therefore, made anonymous calls to her family, telling them about her location and asking them to take her back. The police traced the three calls made between 9 and 13 August to a PCO in Bangalore, which is located at a distance of 50 km from the Honda plant in Narsapur. The investigators were told