Shankaran quit the navy as a Lt Commander and went into business bagging naval contracts. And as his business grew, so did his social stature. A regular member of the United Services Club in Colaba, Shankaran started setting his sights much higher. That is when one party animal met another through a set of common friends. Enter Abhishek Verma, another man who shared the same "social interests" as Shankaran, one of them being a fascination for blonde women.
Both started spending considerable amount of time together at parties in exotic locales. In fact, Shankaran was a regular at party circuits in Mumbai as well as Delhi. According to sources, a relaxed Shankaran was in Mauritius where Verma joined him for the New Year’s eve this year. According to them both left for Dubai on January 6 and...