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4 Policemen face trial

Pioneer News Service

Four police officers in the UK have been accused of misconduct on Monday over their handling of abuse allegations reported by Harshita Brella, the Delhi woman later found dead in a car boot with her husband Pankaj Lamba on the run as the main suspect. The UK Police Conduct  concluded that the Northamptonshire Police officers had a case to answer after the 24-year-old had reached out the force to report domestic abuse suffered at the hands of Lamba at their home in in Corby, Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands region of England.  A manhunt remains ongoing since her body was recovered in London on November 14 last year, with Lamba believed to have fled the UK for India. “This is a harrowing case in which a young woman was killed not long after arriving in the UK to start a new life.