Kullu. The suspicious death case of Priscilla in Manali of Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh is now getting complicated. However, even after ten days of the girl’s death, the cause of her death has not been ascertained. The postmortem report is still awaited. But in this case, apart from Priscilla’s two friends, Manali Police has arrested two other youths. On Saturday, Kullu Police arrested two more accused and with their arrest, the complicated links of the case are now getting untangled.
Actually, out of the two accused arrested by Kullu police, one of them was Ajay who worked in Hotel Black Magic. The second accused arrested on Saturday is a friend of the accused. SP Kullu held a press conference after the arrest of both and gave some important information, due to which the links of the case are being connected one by one.
SP Kullu Gokulchandran Karthikeyan said that the accused Ajay used to work in Hotel Magic. Both of them helped the accused Archit and Nishant in putting the girl in the car. Ajay also deleted the CCTV footage of the hotel. The girl and the two young men were staying in room number 402 on the second floor of the hotel. From here, these people took the girl in the car and then threw her in the Beas river. The police suspect that the girl died between 8th or 9th August. However, the cause of death is not known yet due to the post-mortem report not being received.
How did the police reach two more accused
Actually, the CCTV footage of the hotel was important in this case and when the police retrieved it, they got information about two more accused. In the CCTV footage of Hotel Black Magic, these four accused are seen taking the girl in the car.
The body was found in Beas river on August 13.
The girl had gone from home on 7 August
It is noteworthy that 22-year-old Priscillia was a resident of Khaknal in the left bank of Manali. The girl’s father Daniel had married a woman from Manali. On August 7, the girl left home telling her family that she was going with friends. But she did not return home for three days. When her phone was switched off on August 10, a complaint was made to the police and the police registered a case on August 12. On August 13, villagers found Priscillia’s body in the Beas river at 15 miles near Patlikuhal, 12 km from Manali. Manali police could not find anything about the girl for three days. Later, due to the location of the mobile, the police reached Hotel Black Magic.
Priscilla’s father Daniel has demanded a CBI inquiry.
The police had first arrested two friends of Priscilla in this case. Now the police have also added sections 61(2), 238, 239 of the Indian Penal Code. Nishant alias Nishu, resident of Baragra in Kullu and Archit, resident of Pandoh in Mandi were arrested in the case. Archit’s brother has also been arrested now.
People taking out a protest march on Mall Road in Manala.
awaiting cause of death
In this entire case, the reason behind the girl’s death has not been revealed. However, there are also talks of drug overdose. But the police have not said anything about this. Now the real reason behind the death will be known only after the report comes from Nerchowk Medical College. In this case, the family had also taken out a protest march in Manali city and demanded a CBI inquiry.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : August 20, 2024, 13:43 IST
