Harshita Brella: Family ask why killer has not been caught 12 months on

Police have charged Harshita Brella's husband with murder - but, despite sightings, he remains on the run.

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"Why has her killer not been caught yet? Neither the UK government nor the Indian government are doing anything," Harshita's mother Sudesh Kumari says, sobbing into her scarf. "I want justice for my daughter. Only then will I find peace."

Harshita's body was found in the boot of a car in Ilford, east London, on 14 November 2024, a day after her family contacted UK police to say they had not heard from her since 10 November.

Police believe Harshita, 24, was murdered on that day in Corby, Northamptonshire, by her husband Pankaj Lamba, who fled to India soon after the killing and is still on the run.

The couple, both Indian nationals, had moved from Delhi to the UK, settling in Corby, earlier that year.