Phulbani: The mutilated body of a Class IV girl student was recovered from a forest at Kotpad area in Kandhamal district on Saturday.
According to information, the incident occurred at around 2 am when girl had gone to attend nature’s call at a nullah near her house after returning from school.
When the minor did not return home, her family members started searching for her and later lodged a missing complaint at Kotapad police station this evening.
Moments later, the cops found the child’s body with injury marks from the forest.
A youth has been detained by the police for questioning in this connection.
Locals suspect that the girl was raped by someone and then dumped in the forest area.
