The Patkura police on Sunday morning retrieved the body of a 15-year-old girl of Manikapur village, who had been missing since January 1, from the Chitrotpala riverbank near the Haridaspur Sani Temple.
Police seized the body in the presence of Marshaghai Tehsildar Niranjan Behera and sent the body for autopsy, said Patkura PS IIC Jyoti Ranjan Gauda. She was identified as Chinmayee Acharya, daughter of Pratyusha Grahacharya of Manikapur village. She was studying in Class 10 in her village school. According to victim’s father, Chinmayee had on January 1 gone to a shop for recharging her phone but didn’t return. later, the family members found that she had not taken the mobile with her. A call was received from a youth of Cuttack. When contacted, the youth said he didn’t know anything.
“We suspect that our daughter has been killed and thrown into the river,” family members said, claiming that the body had scar marks when retrieved by police. IIC Gauda said though the exact reason behind the death was yet to be ascertained, police suspect that the girl might have drowned.