An eight-year-old girl, who had gone missing a week ago, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, triggering protests.
“A minor girl missing for the past one week was found dead in Rasana village of Hiranagar tehsil of the district,” said a police official.
“We have shifted the body to the District Hospital Kathua for postmortem,” he added.
Reports said that there were serious injuries on the face of the girl.
The police has formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the case.
“We have filed an FIR. A SIT has been constituted,” SD Jamwal, Inspector General of Police, Jammu, told NDTV.
Meanwhile, the family and the relatives of the girl staged a protest, demanding swift investigation into the case and arrest of the culprit.