Vijayawada, February 28: The long fight for answers in one of Andhra Pradesh's most talked-about crimes ended quietly this week.
Ayesha Meera, a 17-year-old B-Pharmacy student, was found raped and murdered in her hostel bathroom in Ibrahimpatnam near Vijayawada on December 27, 2007.
Initial probes led to a conviction that was later overturned by the Hyderabad High Court in 2017, which ordered a fresh CBI investigation due to concerns over evidence handling and destroyed records.
The CBI took over, exhumed her body in 2019 for a re-postmortem, but found no new legally admissible evidence to charge anyone. In June 2025, the agency submitted a closure report.
