Police first investigated the matter and closed it, but after the Vasundhara Bundela murder case came to light, police got fresh inputs about Tijji Bai's death, and the case was reopened.

The prosecution said,  Tijji was abducted, treated as a bonded labourer, forcibly kept at Bhaiya Raja's house and sexually exploited. It was said, she poured kerosene on herself and set herself ablaze.