LUCKNOW The police investigation into the Gomti Nagar double murder-suicide has shifted focus towards tracing the illicit supply chain of three firearms recovered from the residence of bank officer Manas Bajpai. A Sitapur-based lawyer has emerged as a key lead in the suspected weapon trail.Police on Thursday recovered two pistols and a country-made firearm from his house and are now trying to establish how the banker gained access to the weapons. (Pic for representation)Police on Thursday recovered two pistols and a country-made firearm from his house and are now trying to establish how the banker gained access to the weapons. Given that Bajpai had no prior criminal record, his ability to procure three firearms within a brief window has raised significant red flags for cops.Police sources said Bajpai was in contact with a lawyer from Sitapur, and investigators suspect the lawyer may have helped him establish contact with persons involved in arranging firearms. The lawyer is likely to be questioned soon as police seek to determine the exact nature of his association with Bajpai and whether he had any role in procuring/facilitating the weapons.Investigators are working backwards from the firearms recovered in the case to identify their source, the people involved in their transfer and the circumstances in which Bajpai obtained them.Police are examining whether he had any earlier links with arms suppliers or whether the weapons were arranged specifically after the August 18 family court hearing.According to police sources, the Sitapur-based lawyer’s name surfaced during the investigation after officers examined Bajpai’s contacts and interactions.Police are also likely to examine call detail records and digital evidence to establish whether there was communication between Bajpai and the lawyer immediately before the suspected procurement of the weapons.Officials have not yet concluded that the lawyer supplied or arranged the firearms. His possible involvement remains a line of investigation, and his questioning is expected to clarify whether he had any direct or indirect role in the weapon trail.The three weapons recovered by police have become crucial evidence in determining how the killings were planned and executed.Investigators are examining the weapons for forensic evidence and trying to establish their origin and movement before they came into Bajpai’s possession. The probe will also examine Bajpai’s financial records for any transactions that could be linked to the procurement of weapons.Families bid final adieu to banker couple, sisterIn an unimaginable farewell, two grieving families on Friday performed the last rites of bank officer Manas Bajpai, his bank manager wife Divya Mishra and his sister Sheeba Bajpai, hours after their bodies were taken together for post-mortem examination at the King George’s Medical University (KGMU).Several banker colleagues of the deceased also arrived.Divya’s body was first taken home by her brother-in-law Bharat Yadav and maternal cousin Mayank Dixit at their Rajajipuram home. From there, relatives carried her to Baikunth Dham, where her father, Satish Chandra Mishra, lit her funeral pyre. Her cremation was the first of the three.About one-and-a-half hours later, Manas and Sheeba’s bodies were brought directly from KGMU to Baikunth Dham by their maternal uncle and cousins. Their cousin Piyush Shukla performed the last rites, with the siblings cremated together at the same crematorium.For the families, the last rites brought an end to a devastating episode that began with the recovery of three bodies and ended with three funeral pyres. Relatives had to bid adieu to three members of the family within hours of one another, as grief enveloped the crematorium.“I’m not able to think of anything right now... it is next to impossible to believe that my sister is gone,” said Pragya Mishra. “My father is a heart patient and it is unfortunate to see my parents watching this moment,” she added.“It’s a devastating moment for us as we lost three members,” said Prakhar Shukla, Manas’s cousin, at Baikunth Dham.The tragedy unfolded on Thursday after Manas allegedly shot Divya outside a bank before returning home, where he allegedly killed his sister Sheeba and later died by suicide.Kin protest at KGMU over ‘hours-long’ delays in autopsiesQuestions were raised over alleged negligence at the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) post-mortem house on Friday after forensic experts were allegedly delayed in conducting autopsies in the sensational double murder and suicide case involving Divya Mishra, Sheeba Bajpai and Manas Bajpai.One of the experts from the department of forensic medicine and toxicology reached around three-and-a-half hours late to conduct the autopsy of Divya Mishra, who was allegedly shot dead by her husband, Manas Bajpai, on Thursday afternoon, according to relatives.The kin said they had to approach the forensic medicine department and create commotion before the doctor on duty arrived and the autopsy was conducted.The postmortem examination of Manas Bajpai, who allegedly shot his sister Sheeba Bajpai before turning the gun on himself on Thursday, was also delayed by around five hours, relatives alleged.They claimed they had to pressure another doctor on the panel to call the forensic expert from the department, following which the autopsy was eventually conducted.The delays caused distress among families, who had been waiting at the postmortem house since morning to receive the bodies.