India, June 27 -- LUCKNOW New details have emerged suggesting that the murder of 46-year-old contractor Uma Shankar Singh was committed after a late-night alcohol and non-veg party at the victim's rented house on Kursi Road. Police sources interrogating the suspects said the setting may have been used to lower the victim's guard before the attack.

Shankar, from Sultanpur, was found dead on his bed with his throat slit earlier this week. According to police, a woman who worked as his house help found the body around 9am and alerted the house owner, Mohammad Mustakeem Khan.

"Liquor bottles and cooked meat were recovered from the crime scene. The nature of the evidence indicates the killer was known to the victim and used the party as a se...