The police have already ruled out robbery as a motive, as deceased Akash Saxena’s wallet, gold chain, gold bracelet, credit cards and mobile phone were found intact. Neither was it a case of road rage, the police say, for there were no dents on his car.

What’s intriguing, the police say, is the only item missing: the 28-year-old’s engagement ring — Akash was to get married on February 10. He died barely a week before that.

The police have already interrogated Ganesh, Akash’s colleague at Abacus Softech Limited, in Patparganj Industrial Area. A police team has also been sent to Sahranpur, Akash’s fiancé’s hometown.

No leads, though, have emerged so far.

But the police are intrigued by the sequence of calls and events on the night of February 3. Ganesh have told police that he had had a few drinks with Akash at the office parking lot and left for home at 8.30 pm.

The phone angle

Akash’s mobile phone records show he received a call from one Suneeta at 9.48 pm. Now Suneeta, the police say, is Ganesh’s girlfriend, and Akash was trying to sort out a problem between the couple.

A police source said Suneeta had called Ganesh at 9.40 pm before ringing up Akash. And strangely, the source said, when she asked for “Akash sir”, Ganesh had told her, “Do you want me to give him the phone?” This, despite the fact that Ganesh has told police that he had last seen Akash at 8.30 pm.

Suneeta had subsequently called up Akash — eight minutes later. But the call went unanswered.

As per details of Akash’s phones, there are missed calls recorded from 9.58 pm till 11 pm, when a text message from his sister is recorded: “Call back immediately, everybody is worried.”

The phone was reportedly switched off at that point — the postmortem report also suggests Akash had died at 11 pm. Police sources said Ganesh is one of the suspects — he was the last person to have admittedly seen him, and his versions to Suneeta and the police are not matching. But Ganesh has claimed innocence during police interrogation.

At house, kin not at home

Meanwhile, at the Saxenas’ residence in M-15, Bhagat Singh Market, his parents Vijender and Aasha Saxena refute the possibility of the ‘love triangle’.