A minor girl, who had gone missing minutes before her Prathamastami celebration on Saturday at Nima village under the Basta police station in Baleswar district, was later found dead in a village pond on Sunday.
Umakant and Upamita Pradhan of Nima had made all Prathamastami arrangements for their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Saismita bringing new dress and preparing pancakes and sweets. But Saismita went missing from 9 am. After failing to trace her, they filed a complaint with police. Cops started an investigation and, shockingly, found the girl dead in the pond.
Police are trying to find out whether Saismita died after drowning or someone dumped her body in the pond after killing her.
Meanwhile, a pall of gloom descended on the village following the girl’s death.
