A three-year-old girl missing since last three days was found dead at a school premises in Keonjhar district on Sunday morning.
According to reports, the body of the deceased identified as Priyanka Nayak was found from the campus of the Sasang school under the Champua police limits.
On January 13, the girl’s parents had gone to the local market to buy essentials for the Makar Sankranti festival leaving their younger daughter at home. However, on their return, they didn’t find her at home after frantic searches.
A missing complaint was lodged by the girl’s father Sashank on the following day.
As blood was oozing from the girl’s mouth and nose, it is suspected that she was murdered. The body was sent for postmortem. Police are investigating into the incident.