India, Feb. 25 -- LUCKNOW A day after the police claimed that the accused, Akshat Singh, confessed about his father, Manvendra Singh, constantly pressuring him to pursue NEET against his MBA and business ambitions, relatives, friends and close neighbours of the Singh family outrightly rejected the claims.

HT spoke to many of them at their house in Ashiana Sector L and outside the post-mortem house of KGMU on Tuesday. They said they were not convinced with "NEET theory" and opined that such a brutal act can't be a fallout of a mere career choice.

"Don't know the exact reason...but Akshat is lying to the police about killing his father over pressure to pursue NEET. It was an old discussion and had subsided over time," said Surendra Pal Si...