Class XII girl, missing since March 8, found dead

Class XII girl, missing since March 8, found dead

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:13.03.2021

Four days after a teenager went missing, police recovered the decomposed body of the girl from a well in Thirukazhukundram on Friday.

The deceased, S Rohini of PV Kolathur in Chengalpet district, was a student of Class XII at a government school in the locality. Police said Rohini was missing since March 8. Her parents, after searching for her in the neighbourhood, had filed a complaint at the Thirukazhukundram police station. Police registered a missing complaint and had formed a crack team to look for Rohini. Police said Rohini left home on March 8 after informing her parents that she was going out to attend nature’s call at 7 am. Since she did not turn up till12pm, her parents lodged a complaint. When police tracked her cellphone location, tower signals were found in places like Puducherry, Marakanam and Cuddalore. Since they could not locate her, police went slow on the case believing it to be that of elopement.

The family members feared that the police were going slow on the case. They petitioned a senior officer. Only after the officer’s direction, police began to speed up investigation in the case.

Meanwhile, on Friday morning, villagers noticed a body of a girl inside a well in the locality and promptly informed police.

A team arrived at the spot and identified it to be that of Rohini, who was missing for the past four days. Police found the body in a decomposed condition and sent it for postmortem to the Chengalpet government hospital. Police have registered a case and are investigating weather Rohini committed suicide or was murdered by someone.

Her cell phone was missing and switched off. Her family members have ruled out suicide as they said that she did not have any issues troubling her. Police suspect her to have died at least three days ago.

“We are awaiting the postmortem report which would only reveal whether it was a case of murder or suicide. We are also trying to find out whether there were any external injuries as the body is decomposed,” said an investigating officer.

Rohini’s body was found in a well

When police tracked her cellphone location, tower signals were found in and around Cuddalore. Since they could not locate her, police went slow on the case believing it to be that of elopement