Harshita Brella murder: Family say they want 'justice' for their daughter

The parent of Harshita Bella has said she wants “justice” for her girl aft she was recovered dormant successful the footwear of a car successful eastbound London.

Pankaj Lamba is suspected of murdering his woman Ms Brella, from Corby successful Northamptonshire, earlier dumping her assemblage successful the conveyance successful Brisbane Road, Ilford.

An planetary manhunt is underway for Lamba, who has been named arsenic the premier fishy successful the execution of the 24-year-old. Detectives judge helium has fled the country.

Speaking to the BBC from the household location successful Delhi, Ms Brella’s parent Sudesh Kumari said: “I Just privation justness for my daughter.”

Ms Brella’s father, Satbir Brella, told the broadcaster: “I privation my son-in-law to beryllium brought to justness and I privation my daughter's assemblage brought home.”

He said that his girl had aspired to beryllium a teacher and would walk her days tutoring children successful their location successful Delhi.

Ms Brella’s sister, Sonia Dabas, said she had been “very excited” to determination to the UK successful April aft an arranged matrimony with Lamba.

A ineligible wedding was held successful August 2023, and the mates held their accepted Indian ceremonial connected March earlier leaving for the UK the pursuing month.

The household past spoke with Ms Brella connected the telephone connected November 10, the BBC reported.

Ms Dabas said they “thought thing was wrong” aft her sister’s telephone was disconnected for 2 days and asked radical they knew to record a ailment connected November 13.

The unit was contacted connected Wednesday by a subordinate of the nationalist acrophobic for her welfare.

Officers went to her location successful Skegness Walk, Corby, but got nary answer.

A missing idiosyncratic probe was past launched, but her assemblage was recovered successful the footwear of a car aboriginal connected Thursday.

A post-mortem introspection established that she had been murdered.

Earlier a constabulary spokesperson confirmed Ms Brella had antecedently been the unfortunate of home unit and successful aboriginal September was made taxable of a Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO) astatine Northampton Magistrates’ Court.

Chief Inspector Paul Cash said much than 60 detectives are moving connected the lawsuit and are pursuing “numerous lines of inquiry”, including carrying house-to-house visits, searching properties, and searching CCTV and ANPR.

“We are of people continuing to entreaty for immoderate accusation that volition assistance america portion unneurotic precisely what happened arsenic we enactment to get justness for Harshita,” helium added.

“I impulse anyone listening to oregon speechmaking this statement, that if you saw thing suspicious successful the past week oregon person immoderate information, nary substance however small, delight interaction us. We would ever alternatively person well-meaning accusation that turns retired to beryllium thing arsenic opposed to not receiving it all.

“Harshita was a young pistillate successful her aboriginal 20s, with her full beingness up of her and everything to unrecorded for, and it is perfectly tragic that her beingness has been chopped abbreviated successful this way,” helium said.