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Haryana Steps Up Investigation Into Teen Teacher’s Killing As Protests Escalate

Forensic and CCTV reviews have been escalated after state officials suspended five officers, then reassigned the Bhiwani police superintendent

State irrigation minister Shruti Choudhry trying to pacify the protesters at Bhiwani’s Dhigawa village. (HT)
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Overview

  • Police have detained and are interrogating multiple suspects while forensic teams examine animal-inflicted injuries and possible acid damage on Manisha’s body.
  • Protesters in Bhiwani, Hisar, Fatehabad and Jind block roads and hold dharnas as the victim’s family refuses to cremate her body until arrests are made.
  • Last Friday’s administrative measures included suspending five Loharu police officers and transferring Superintendent Manbir Singh to bring new leadership to the investigation.
  • Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini says he receives minute-by-minute updates and promises that no one involved will be spared once investigators conclude their inquiries.
  • Despite intensified probes and CCTV leads, authorities have not yet announced any arrests in the case of the 19-year-old playschool teacher found with her throat slit.