Kanpur: Relatives continued searching for their daughter until the police arrived; the law student's body was found four days later, and her friend from Lucknow was arrested.

In Kanpur, Ruchi Dabouli, a second-year LLB student, had been missing from West for four days. Her family approached the police, but the Govindnagar police station only registered a missing person report and remained inactive. The family continued to search for their daughter on their own.