Coimbatore: A 15-year-old girl from Sivanandhapuram in Coimbatore, who was reported missing, was found dead near Saravanampatti on Thursday.
Wrapped in a sack, the decomposed body was found amidst bushes, where the local residents dump garbage. The city police have formed two special teams to nab the murderer.
The 14-year-old girl’s mother had lodged a complaint with the all-women police station, Coimbatore East, on 13 December saying she had been missing since 11 December.
The mother and her elder daughter, aged 17, had left the victim at home alone, and when they returned , she was missing and her mobile phone was not reachable. The complainant said a shopowner told her he had seen the girl walking on the road around 10.30 a.m., talking to someone over the phone.
The police have sent the body for postmortem to the Coimbatore medical college hospital. An investigation is underway to find the person involved in the crime and the motive behind it.
Several organisations staged a protest in front of the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, where the girl’s body was kept, demanding the arrest of perpetrators. Sources said one suspect was picked up for questioning.