Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): Body of a 16-year-old girl, who went missing two weeks ago, was found inside a well in Kerela's Thiruvananthapuram and police have arrested her mother and paramour from Tamil Nadu.
Her highly decomposed body was found from an unused well at Nedumangad on Saturday. Police said that investigations began after the girl's grandmother complained that her granddaughter and daughter were missing.
"We got a complaint from the grandmother of the victim that the child and the mother were missing. We found the mother and lover at a place in Tamil Nadu. When we interrogated them, they told us where the body was dumped," an investigating officer told reporters.
He said that initially, the mother told the police that the girl was found hanging in her room and the duo disposed of the body out of fear.
"We are yet to ascertain the reason for death. The body was in a decomposed state. We are waiting for the post-mortem report," he said. The woman was estranged from her husband.
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