Overview
- Police in Macherla suspended Circle Inspector Venkata Ramana as investigators examine allegations he accepted money to favor the accused, according to Guntur Range IGP Sarvashresth Tripathi.
- Investigators say the victim was killed on March 18 for marrying against her father's wishes, and a post-mortem found death by strangulation rather than suicide.
- The father is in custody after his April 1 arrest, and during questioning he reportedly said a police officer traced his daughter and returned her to the family in exchange for money.
- Officers located the couple in Narasaraopet after detaining a friend, then, despite the woman stating she was an adult who chose the marriage, they handed her to her father the day she was later found dead.
- Officials say a wider internal review is underway, and public anger over the case could drive clearer rules on how police handle adult women who leave home to marry.