LUCKNOW, March 8 -- The e-rickshaw driver whose body was found on Kisan Path on Thursday morning was allegedly killed when he and four others were plotting two murders, police investigators said on Friday.

Vinayak Sahu, 23, was allegedly killed by the same men whom he wanted to hire to execute the murders of his mother Shanti Sahu and her partner Imran, said deputy commissioner of police (East) Shashank Singh. While Vinayak had promised the other men Rs.2.5 lakh and his e-rickshaw as payment, a scuffle took place between them when he refused to pay them Rs.1.5 lakh as advance amount, police said after interrogating the four men, who were also Vinayak's friends.

The body of Vinayak, who also worked as a real estate agent, was found with ...