Overview

• Senior police found Aastha’s headless body in a canal on June 5 after her family filed a missing-person report on June 4.
• Investigators say Aastha’s mother, Rakesh Devi, and her brother strangled and then decapitated her over her illicit social-media relationship.
• A sickle believed to be the murder weapon and a white car used to dispose of the body were recovered by police.
• All five accused were remanded to judicial custody on June 6 as six specialized teams continue probing the case.
• Authorities are still searching for the victim’s head and Gaurav, an accused who remains at large.