A mutilated body of the six-year-old girl of Dhundugadia under the Banigochha police station in Nayagarh district, who had been missing since June 12, was found at a secluded spot near the village on Wednesday.
A special team of police, which had launched a search operation to trace the girl Bebina Nayak, recovered the body five days after she had gone missing.
Though the exact reason of her death was yet to be ascertained, police suspected it to be a case of murder. The accused in the case, Sagar Dalei, has been arrested. Nayagarh Superintendent of Police Sidhharth Kataria on Thursday said, “The girl’s parents had lodged a complaint alleging kidnapping of their minor daughter, following which we had constituted a team and launched a search operation.
But today we found her body. The accused has also been arrested and will be forwarded to court today.” Further investigation was on to ascertain the exact motive behind the crime, Kataria added.
The girl had gone missing while she was playing in front of her house. Her family members searched her frantically at every possible place but failed to trace her.