A teen was murdered. How did no one get convicted?

In December 2007, a 17-year-old student named Ayesha Meera was found murdered. She was found in a hostel bathroom near Vijayawada.

Her hands and legs were tied. The postmortem pointed to sexual assault and homicidal violence. The crime shocked Andhra Pradesh.

One man was convicted. He spent years in prison. But the High Court later let him free. And now, after a CBI reinvestigation that lasted years, the case has been closed.

No one will be prosecuted for Ayesha Meera’s murder.

So how did a case that once had resulted in a life sentence end with no accused at all? To understand that, we need to go back to the beginning — and look at what happened, what went wrong, and why even a reinvestigation could not revive the case.

Let me explain.

Like Pooja’s LME? Support the show: https://rzp.io/rzp/support-lme

If you are watching from abroad, click this link: https://buy.stripe.com/28o01q9md0OPdtm8wR

‎Follow the Let Me Explain channel on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbDIedz2phHLQZTyNj1W

Produced by Megha Mukundan, Script by Pooja Prasanna, Camera by Ajay R, Edit by Nikhil Sekhar ET.

This report was republished from The News Minute as part of The News Minute-Newslaundry alliance. Read about our partnership here and become a subscriber here.