Liga to be cremated tomorrow, Ker CM meets Liga's sister """

Press Trust of India  |  Thiruvananthapuram 

Lithuanian tourist Liga Skromene, whose highly decomposed body was found from a forest near on April 21, will be cremated here tomorrow.

A memorial meeting will be held at the Nishagandhi auditorium here on Sunday, she said.

Meanwhile, today met Ilze, days after receiving flak for not giving an audience to the bereaved family to meet him after the headless body of Liga was found from Thiruvallam near on April 21.

During the brief meeting today, expressed her family's gratitude for the help extended by the state government in connection with the case.

A government press release quoted her as having said that during the time of distress, the family got all the support from the government.

But despite that, some newspapers carried out a false campaign against the government, for which she was extremely pained, she said.

met the along with State tourism minister,

According to police, Liga had died following 'blunt injuries' in the neck, indicating murder.

The forensic report is awaited.

No arrests have so far been made in the case.

Thirty three-year-old Liga, who had come to for ayurvedic treatment for depression, had gone missing from on March 14.

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First Published: Wed, May 02 2018. 19:05 IST