Harshita Brella's cause of death is revealed after 24-year-old's body was found in car boot as police step up global manhunt for husband

An inquest has opened into the death of Harshita Brella, who is believed to have been strangled before being dumped in the boot of a car, as police continue a global manhunt to find her husband. Senior coroner Anne Pember opened the hearing into the death of the 24-year-old at Northampton Coroner's Court on Wednesday as police released CCTV images of the prime suspect of her killing, her husband Pankaj Lamba, 23. An inquest has opened into the death of Harshita Brella, who is believed to have been strangled before being dumped in the boot of a car Northamptonshire Police have named her husband Pankaj Lamba, 23, as a suspect Northamptonshire Police detectives believe she was murdered in Corby on the evening of November 10 before her body was driven to Ilford in the car boot the next day. Harshita Brella was reported missing on November 13 by authorities after Northamptonshire Police conducted a welfare check at her home in Corby and received no answer Forensic officers visiting Harshita Brella's Corby home on Sunday morning A police spokesman confirmed Ms Brella had previously been the victim of domestic violence and was made the subject of a domestic violence protection order at Northampton Magistrates' Court in September. Yesterday, police confirmed Ms Brella was previously the victim of domestic violence and in early September was made subject of a Domestic Violence Protection Order, served by Northamptonshire Police.