Overview

• Bhiwani SP Sumit Kumar reported finding a suicide note near Manisha’s body that matches her handwriting and CCTV footage showing her purchase of insecticide.
• Forensic analysis confirmed insecticide in her viscera and autopsy doctors attributed facial and neck wounds to lacerations from scavenger animals.
• Manisha’s family and villagers continue to refuse her last rites and have blocked the Delhi-Pilani road and held mahapanchayats demanding arrests.
• The Haryana government transferred Bhiwani’s former SP, suspended five officers and deployed six investigation teams under newly appointed SP Sumit Kumar.
• Opposition parties and the NHRC have pressed for a CBI probe and official reports from the Haryana DGP over unresolved questions about her death.