Mumbai: 16 years on, a father refuses to let the truth be buried

A Nalasopara schoolgirl’s death, long contested as rape and murder by her father, will now be probed by the CBI

MUMBAI: Sixteen years ago, Sneha Patil (name changed), an eighth-grade student from Nalasopara, went on a school picnic to a hilltop temple in the Tungareshwar reserve in Vasai east, not far from home. Of the 150 children on the excursion, she was the only one who didn’t return.

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Sneha’s lifeless body was found some distance from the picnic spot, naked, on a rock by a stream. To this day, her parents are still searching for answers about their daughter’s death.

23 mar wait for justice