Two detained in Esther Anuhaya murder case in Mumbai

The city police, who are still groping in the dark to find the assailants in the Esther Anuhaya murder case, have detained two persons for their suspected involvement in the case.

“We have detained two persons in connection with the case and have conducted DNA tests on them. The test reports are awaited,” Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh told reporters on Saturday.

Those detained are auto drivers and have criminal antecedents and are being interrogated, he added. Three police teams have been formed and with the help of her mobile phone call data record, the victim’s last known location has been traced, Singh added.

“Our investigation is going on the right direction and I am very sure that this case will be solved very soon,” he said.

The partially decomposed body of Esther was found near the Eastern Express Highway in central Mumbai last week.

Esther had landed in Mumbai on January 4 after taking a train back to the city from her native place in Andhra Pradesh. The girl, who has been employed in a software company in the city, was reported missing the next day. Police had said that the girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and later killed. Police said they have already sent Esther’s T-shirt for a forensic test to trace any foreign DNA.

Timeline
Jan 4: Esther Anuhya boards LTT-Visakhapatnam Express at Vijayawada
Jan 5: 5am —She reaches LTT
5pm—Her father files a missing persons’ complaint at Vijayawada
Jan 16: Anuhya’s body was found