Mentally-ill girl went missing for 3 days, found dead in Jammu

Mentally-ill girl went missing for 3 days, found dead in Jammu

A mentally-ill teenage girl who went missing from her house was found dead in the outskirts of Jammu district, police said on Saturday.

As per the official information, a man lodged a missing report on April 10 at the police post Chowki Choura that his daughter has gone missing since April 9, a police official said.

An information was received that the body of the girl was found floating in a small seasonal 'nallah' (known as Dabbar), at about a distance of 70 meter from her house on April 13, he said.

The post-mortem of the deceased was conducted by a board of doctors in the presence of the executive magistrate.

The cause of the death is yet to be ascertained.

-PTC News