Overview

• Investigators say an altercation between the sisters escalated and the elder sibling struck the 14-year-old on the head with a wooden rod, causing her death.
• Police recovered the rod with blood on it and seized the elder sister’s blood‑stained clothes, which she had changed at a cousin’s home after the incident.
• CCTV footage from the road near the scene and from the family home contradicted the elder sister’s initial claim that abductors killed the victim.
• Forensic experts found plucked hairs in the victim’s hand that police say belonged to the elder sister, strengthening the case against her.
• A Special Investigation Team handled the probe and police say they solved the case within 48 hours; further forensic analysis and legal proceedings are underway, as the Chief Minister condemned the killing and called for stern punishment.