India, Feb. 26 -- The focus is now on the possible motive in the chilling Lucknow drum murder case, where Akshat Pratap Singh killed his father, Manvendra Singh, 49.

On the night of February 19, Manvendra Singh allegedly returned home to discover that Rs.50 lakh in cash was missing.

When he confronted his son, Akshat, he learned that the money had purportedly been taken for a liquor contract, whose online application deadline was set to expire on February 23, a neighbour claimed.

The confrontation soon escalated into a heated argument, during which Manvendra, enraged, allegedly slapped Akshat and pointed a rifle at him, according to an NDTV report.

Hours later, Akshat entered his father's room at around 4 am, taking the rifle, and sho...