The body of a missing 12-year-old girl was on Monday recovered by police from the Gujichaka forest under the Sindhekela police station in Balangir district.
Earlier, the brother of the deceased Sobhaban Rana, who was arrested a year ago on charges of sacrificing his cousin, was detained by police for questioning after the girl went missing on December 24, 2019.
During interrogation, Rana reportedly confessed to killing his sister and dumping the body in the forest. It is being suspected that Rana sacrificed his sister. He was arrested in 2018 for allegedly sacrificing his cousin and released from jail two months ago after getting bail in the case.
The accused had asked his sister to accompany him to bus stop on December 24, the day on which she went missing.
Later on December 27, the girl’s family members had lodged a complaint with police when she went missing.