Overview

• Three relatives — including father Shankar S. Kollur — were arrested after an 18-year-old, identified as Kavita, was killed in Melkunda village, Kalaburagi district.
• Investigators allege she was strangled and pesticide was forced into her mouth to stage the death as a suicide before the family conducted last rites.
• Farhatabad police registered a suo motu FIR and a forensic team recovered bone fragments and soil samples from a farm where the body was cremated.
• Cases of murder and evidence tampering have been filed as police probe the role of additional family members.
• Authorities say two more relatives are suspected, with further arrests possible as the investigation continues.