Overview

• The victim, identified as Class 12 student Divya Sikarwar of Shivnagar in Morena, was found in the Kwari/Kunwari river near Galetha five days after the killing.
• Civil Lines police detained Bharat, alias Bantu Sikarwar, after a neighbour reported hearing a gunshot and a scream and said his elder daughter was missing.
• SDRF teams searched the river on Saturday, paused after dark, and recovered the body on Sunday morning before sending it to the district hospital for post‑mortem.
• Investigators say the father first gave evasive replies and later claimed she died when a ceiling fan fell, after which he dumped the body in the river.
• Officials note reports that she was in a relationship as they examine honour killing as a lead, with other possibilities still under investigation.