Overview
- Harshita Brella’s parents and sister traveled to the UK this week to retrace her final steps, lay flowers, and press for answers, with meetings set with MPs and Northamptonshire Police next week.
- Northamptonshire Police say the murder inquiry is active and that they are working with UK and international agencies, while they decline to share case details because criminal proceedings are live.
- Pankaj Lamba, Harshita’s husband, was charged in his absence in March 2025 with murder, rape, sexual assault, and controlling or coercive behaviour, and he is believed to have fled to India.
- CCTV from November 10, 2024 shows Harshita at a Corby boating lake with a man thought to be Lamba, and police say she was strangled that evening before her body was found in a car boot in Ilford on November 14.
- Four Northamptonshire Police officers face misconduct proceedings over how her earlier abuse reports were handled, with two hearings due next week, after a 28‑day protection order had lapsed weeks before her death.