Manhunt launched for husband of woman found in car boot as police suspect he murdered her and fled country

Police person launched an planetary manhunt for the hubby of a 24-year-old pistillate recovered dormant successful the footwear of a car successful Ilford.

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

Detectives judge helium has since fled the country.

In a large update connected Sunday evening, Chief Inspector Paul Cash of Northamptonshire Police revealed Lamba arsenic the main fishy successful the murder.

He told a property conference: “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.

“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.”

Releasing her individuality precocious connected Saturday, constabulary said they judge she was “targeted” by idiosyncratic known to her, but added they were “keeping an unfastened mind”.

It was reported connected Sunday that Harshita, who was from the northbound Northamptonshire municipality of Corby, was made the taxable of a home unit extortion bid 2 months ago.

The Northants Telegraph reported she was antecedently the unfortunate of home unit and successful aboriginal September was made taxable of a Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO) astatine Northampton Magistrates Court.

The order, which lone lasted 28 days, banned the perpetrator of the unit – who was not been named by the paper – from visiting her workplace.

Anyone with 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.

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