LUCKNOW, Oct. 18 -- Ten police teams, four tracked mobile numbers, non-bailable warrants and a Rs.25,000 reward have so far failed to net model and social media influencer Shraddha Dubey. More than eight days after the death of Lucknow businessman Shiva Sharma, Dubey and her two accomplices remain out of reach, with cross-border leads into Nepal repeatedly hitting a dead end.

The trajectory of the manhunt suggests Dubey is consistently staying a step ahead of investigators. Police suspect she is frequently changing hideouts, vacating locations just before raiding teams arrive. In one instance, she reportedly slipped out of a suspected safe house in Nepal roughly four hours before police reached the spot.

While investigators have yet to ...