‘I want justice for my daughter’, says family of murder victim Harshita Brella

The parent of a pistillate who constabulary accidental was murdered earlier her assemblage was near successful a car footwear successful eastbound London has told the BBC: “I conscionable privation justness for my daughter”.

Harshita Brella’s mother, Sudesh Kumari, spoke done tears to the BBC from the household location successful Delhi.

Ms Brella's father, Satbir Brella, added: "I privation my son-in-law to beryllium brought to justness and I privation my daughter's assemblage brought home."

Ms Brella was "very excited" to determination to the UK successful April aft an arranged matrimony with Pankaj Lamba, her sister Sonia Dabas said.

Northamptonshire Police judge Mr Lamba murdered Ms Brella and past fled the state aft transporting the 24-year-old's assemblage by car to Ilford, eastbound London.

Her begetter described his girl arsenic elemental and studious. He said she wanted to beryllium a teacher and would walk her days tutoring children successful their location successful Delhi, earlier turning to her ain studies.

The household said they had past spoken to Ms Brella by telephone connected 10 November.

She told them she had made meal and was waiting for Mr Lamba to travel home, her sister said.

Ms Dabas said her sister's telephone was disconnected for the adjacent 2 days and by 13 November they "thought thing was wrong" and asked radical they knew to record a complaint.

Northamptonshire Police said it was contacted connected Wednesday regarding concerns for her payment - and that led to the find of her assemblage and the motorboat of a execution investigation.

Ms Dabas explained that her sister and Mr Lamba had entered into an arranged marriage, with a ineligible wedding held successful August 2023. The mates past had their accepted Indian ceremonial connected 22 March of this twelvemonth earlier they near for the UK astir 30 April.

Mr Lamba was a pupil successful London, she said, and her sister had been moving successful a warehouse.

Ms Dabas said her sister "didn't unrecorded a precise blessed beingness successful London".

"She struggled a batch due to the fact that of her husband," she said.

At the extremity of August Ms Brella phoned her begetter successful India to accidental she had tally away, her sister said.

"She said helium was hitting her and she escaped. She ran retired connected the streets, helium chased aft her and deed her determination arsenic well," Ms Dabas said.

"There was a section who saw this and asked what happened which is wherefore helium near her. Harshita called idiosyncratic she knew who came to prime her up".

The Northamptonshire Telegraph reported she was the taxable of a home unit extortion order, saying it was made successful aboriginal September and lasted 28 days.

Police person since confirmed the bid had been successful spot earlier Ms Brella's death.

The unit said it had made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct due to the fact that determination was erstwhile interaction with Ms Brella.