Puducherry: Body of girl who went missing found in drain
As soon as the girl, a fifth-standard student in a government school in Muthialpet went missing on the evening of 2 March, her parents filed a complaint with the police after looking for her at various places
PTI
Puducherry, 6 March
The body of a nine-year-old girl
child, who went missing a few days ago, was retrieved from a drain near her
house in Muthialpet block in the Union Territory, police said.
As soon as the girl, a
fifth-standard student in a government school in Muthialpet went missing on the
evening of 2 March, her parents filed a complaint with the police after looking
for her at various places.
Police launched an extensive search
to trace the girl, sources said. Her parents, along with residents of Solai
Nagar area in Muthialpet, staged a road-roko on Tuesday demanding police action
to find the girl. Police suspected the girl could have been kidnapped and
killed.
Meanwhile, on receipt of
information that a sack was floating in a drain near the girl’s house, police
rushed to the spot and retrieved it and found the body of the missing girl
inside. Her hands and legs were found tied with ropes. Police sources said the
body was taken to the government hospital at Kadirkamam near here and a
post-mortem would be conducted at JIPMER on Wednesday.
Residents along with the girl’s
parents staged a protest at Muthialpet junction on Tuesday, urging the police
to intensify the investigation and bring the culprits to book. Police were
deployed to ensure law and order along with Central Industrial Security Force
personnel.
Police sources said two suspects
had been taken into custody. “We are interrogating the suspects, and will get a
clear picture during interrogation,” the sources added. Independent legislator
Prakash Kumar presented a memorandum to the Director General of Police seeking
steps to arrest those behind the death of the girl.
He also wanted CCTV cameras to be
installed in various places in Muthialpet. The school where the girl was
studying declared a holiday on Wednesday to mourn the death of the student,
school sources said.
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