On November 14, the body of 24-year-old Harshita Brela, resident of Delhi, was found in the trunk of her husband’s car on Brisbane Road, London. On November 15, the body was sent to Leicester Royal Infirmary for post-mortem, the report of which revealed that Harshita died due to strangulation. Northamptonshire Police, investigating the case, named her husband Pankaj Lamba as the main suspect. From then till now the family was waiting for the body of their daughter. Now Harshita’s body reached her home after 19 days.
Harshita died abroad on November 14, but her family wanted her last rites to be performed in India. Therefore, with the help of his relatives living in London, he brought his daughter’s body from London. Harshita’s body was brought to India on Saturday, November 30 and was kept in the mortuary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. After this, the body reached his home on Tuesday, December 3, after 19 days. When the body of Delhi’s Harshita reached Sadh Nagar of Palam Colony on Tuesday, Harshita’s mother started crying bitterly after seeing it. Harshita’s elder sister cried after seeing the dead body of her younger sister and said that she was very innocent and childlike, she did not fight with anyone.
Went to London after getting married in April
Actually, Harshita and Pankaj had a court marriage in August last year. After this, Harshita’s husband went to UK in October and she stayed in India. Meanwhile, Harshita’s visa was made. Then Pankaj came back and both of them got married on 22 March this year in New Delhi. After this, on April 30, both of them left for London. Harshita’s family told that the troubles started soon after this.
Complaint of domestic violence against husband
According to the deceased’s family, Harshita had filed a complaint of domestic violence against her husband in August. The family said that they also later came to know that the daughter’s husband i.e. Pankaj had lied about his job. Therefore, when the news of his daughter’s death came to light, he became suspicious of his daughter’s in-laws. The sister of the deceased said that the last rites of a married woman are performed at her in-laws’ house, but he did not come here even once. They did not even contact us. If he is innocent and has done nothing, what are he afraid of?
The father of the deceased said that he hoped that the Indian police would help him. He told that the daughter’s in-laws took excessive dowry from her. He said, “I have given a written complaint at Palam police station. I also hope that UK authorities and police will catch him (Pankaj) as soon as possible.”