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BHUBANESWAR: Ranapur police in Nayagarh district on Tuesday found the body of a three-year-old girl, who had been missing since December 11. Her body was fished out from a pond near her home at Badhipatna village by fire services personnel.
“We had been making sincere efforts to trace the girl immediately after receiving a complaint from her father Sanjay Sahoo. Several ponds in and around the village were searched. Her body was found in one of the ponds,” Nayagarh SP Pratyush Diwakar said.
Prima facie, the police suspect her death could have taken place due to drowning. Police sources said the exact cause of her death would be ascertained only after post-mortem.
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Nayagarh: The body of a three-year-old girl, who had gone missing since last Friday, was recovered from a pond in Badhipatana village under Ranpur police limits in the district today.
The deceased has been identified as Swati Sahoo.
According to sources, Swati, the youngest daughter of a mason Sanjay Sahoo, had gone missing on Friday afternoon while she was playing outside her house. After a frantic search, the family members of the victim had filed a missing complaint with Ranpur Police.
Based on the plaint, a case was registered and three police teams were formed to trace the girl.
On Saturday, police took the help of the Odisha Fire Service personnel and sniffer dogs in the investigation. The rescue personnel searched the wells and ponds in the village on the day but to no avail.