The sister of a woman who is murdered in a car boot has hit the police in the UK because he did not arrest the suspected murderer – although they know where he is.
Harshita Brella, 24, was discovered in a silver Vauxhall Corsa in Ilford, East London last November, and the police appointed her husband Pankaj Lamba, 23 as the main suspect.
Since then it has arisen that Lamba fled to India three days before the discovery of her body and flew to the country from Heathrow to Mumbai during an Air India flight to the country. He then caught a domestic flight to New Delhi where his family lives, but the police did not find him.
The couple lived in Corby, North Hands, where it is assumed that the murder took place before the body of Harshita was driven to London and dumped. The investigation is led by the police of Northamptonshire.
Sonia Dabas, the sister of Harshita, said to MailOnline: 'There has been no real effort or urgency of the British police to find Lamba. They know that he is in India, but they did not come here to find him, interrogate his family or contact the police in India to act on their behalf.
'Northants Police has not told us anything and their communication with us has been terrible, they just left us in the dark. We had a phone call from them last month and they just said they could not share details with us because this is a live investigation. '
Sonia, who lives in New Delhi, added: 'We believe that Lamba is hiding with family and even has the proof that he contacted them after the murder who told them he was coming to India. But the police did not act on this information, and this contributes to our heartache.
“My beautiful sister was killed in the cruelest way, but the police in the UK don't seem to be bothered.”
Harshita Brella (photo) originally came from New Delhi, India, but lived in Corby with her husband Pankaj Lamba where the police believe she was killed
Harshita Brella (left) depicted with her sister Sonia Dabas (right) who is ready to travel to the UK in search of answers around the death of Harshita
Northamptonshire Police called her husband Pankaj Lamba as a main suspect in her murder
Mrs. Dabas also closed the lack of communication between the police of North Hands and their counterparts in India.
An Indian police source told MailOnline that although they had received a message from the British police in which they inquired that Harshita was murdered, they have not received formal notifications that instruct them to find Lamba.
The source added: 'The crime took place in the UK, not in India, so we can only act if we receive an arrest warrant for Lamba or a kind of official notification. Until then we cannot properly investigate this issue.
“But we suspect that he is in India and it is up to the police in the UK to speed up things so that we can do something about finding him.”
After the murder of Harshita it turned out that she had been the victim of domestic violence and in the months before her death was the victim of a domestic violence protection order (DVPO).
The couple had a traditionally arranged marriage in India last March and then moved to the VK a month later and settled in Corby.
Lamba was on a one -year student visa and studied International Business Management at Hertfordshire University, while Harshita had the right to live in the UK on the basis of his wife.
Mrs. Dabas said: 'Harshita was very enthusiastic about her new life in the UK and had big dreams about the future.
“But he became very controlling and violent as soon as they were in the UK. He would take her money, did not want her to talk to people and she just always worked. Her dream quickly turned into a nightmare. This was a callous, planned murder and I don't understand why he wasn't caught. '
The body of Harshita Brella was found in the boot of a car in Ilford in East London on November 14
Forensic officers in the Harshita Brella house in Corby, Northhamptonshire, on November 17
CCTV with Pankaj Lamba and Harshita Brella in Corby Boating Lake on November 10
Lamba runs through Jaffe Road in Ilford after reporting his wife's body into a car boot
A GoFundMe page has been launched by the family to enable them to travel to the UK, meet detectives that lead the investigation, hire lawyers and set up a fund in memory of Harshita.
Mrs. Dabas wrote on the page: 'We don't have a family in the UK and desperately try to navigate the unimaginable. The grief, the shock, the legal fighting, the tormenting waiting for answers and the logistics of thousands of kilometers away.
“The fund will also help to cover these unexpected costs while we fight for justice for Harshita and answers about the stuck investigation.”
The GoFundMe page was started by the British lawyer Amrit's Mann Obe who told MailOnline: 'The investigation has been frustratingly slow with authorities that offer little information or progress. No decisive action has been taken of authorities in the UK or India. '
Senior research officer, Detector -head inspector Johnny Campbell of the North Hands police said in a statement issued to MailOnline: 'Our investigation into the death of Harshita will take place in Tempo and our detectives follow countless lines of research to bring her murderer to court.
'Maintaining the integrity of our investigation and securing justice for Harshita is our most important priority and as a result there are certain aspects of this case that we cannot discuss at the moment.
“We hope to be able to release more information in the future, but for the time being everything we can do to bring the murderer of Harshita to the dish for something else.”
He added: “Our family businesses are regular contact with the Harshita family and we will continue to support this extremely difficult time.”
