Overview

• On August 10, residents of Bahradoi village discovered a headless body in a canal and the victim’s head was later recovered
• Police circulated photographs of the clothing and a local woman identified the stitching, linking the remains to Tamanna, who had been reported missing from Aligarh
• Hathras police arrested the victim’s father Hasrat Ali, her stepmother Rani and her step-grandfather Rajjo Pehalwan in connection with the killing
• Investigators allege the three laced Tamanna’s food with intoxicants, strangled her and that her father decapitated the body to hinder identification
• Forensic examinations and judicial procedures are ongoing as authorities prepare to file formal charges