Heartbroken family of woman, 24, found murdered in car boot reveal she ‘didn’t lead a happy life’ & demand ‘justice’

FIRSTLY, connected behalf of Northamptonshire Police, I would similar to explicit my deepest and heartfelt condolences to Harshita's household and friends, and to everyone who knew and loved her.

Harshita was a young pistillate successful her aboriginal 20s, with her full beingness up of her and everything to unrecorded for.

It is perfectly tragic that her beingness has been chopped abbreviated successful this way.

A execution probe was launched aft the assemblage of a woman, who we person present named arsenic Harshita, was recovered successful a car successful eastbound London.

This uncovering came astir aft we received a telephone connected Wednesday, November 13, regarding concerns for Harshita's welfare.

Officers were deployed to her location code successful Skegness Walk, Corby.

After getting nary answer, a missing idiosyncratic probe was launched.

Fast-track enquiries were made which sadly led to the find of a woman's assemblage wrong the footwear of a conveyance successful Brisbane Road successful the Ilford country of London, successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday, November 14.

A forensic postmortem examination, which took spot astatine Leicester Royal Infirmary connected Friday, November 15, established that Harshita had been murdered.

Officers and detectives from the East Midlands Special Operations Major Crime Unit and Northamptonshire Police, moving with colleagues from the Metropolitan Police, person been moving astir the timepiece to found the circumstances down Harshita's death, including the nonstop determination and timeframe successful which it took place.

We person followed a fig of lines of probe and carried retired galore inquiries and we are present capable to supply a further update.

Our inquiries pb america to fishy that Harshita was murdered successful Northamptonshire earlier this period by her hubby Pankaj Lamba.

We fishy Lamba transported Harshita's assemblage from Northamptonshire to Ilford by car.

We judge helium has present fled the country. We are releasing an representation of Pankaj Lamba with this statement.

More than 60 detectives are moving connected the lawsuit and are continuing to travel galore lines of inquiry, including location to house, spot searches, 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.

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.

While we are satisfied determination is nary wider hazard to the public, we recognize however shocking and distressing specified an incidental tin beryllium for the section community.

Our Neighbourhood officers volition proceed to supply further patrols successful Corby successful the coming days for reassurance.

Anyone with immoderate concerns is invited to attack 1 of these officers who volition beryllium blessed to help.

Anyone who has immoderate accusation that could assistance detectives bring Harshita's slayer to justice, tin interaction the incidental country by calling 101, quoting incidental fig Operation Westcott.

Alternatively accusation tin beryllium submitted via our online nationalist portal astatine www.mipp.police.uk oregon by telephone Crimestoppers, successful confidence, connected 0800 555111.

Thank you for your enactment and assistance successful helping america bring Harshita’s slayer to justice, and we volition supply further updates erstwhile we can.

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