An 18-year-old girl, who was reported missing last Thursday, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a field near her house at Battarahalli on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The police suspect she was murdered.
The deceased was a first-year B.Com. student at a private college in Ramanagaram, said a police officer, adding that her parents had filed a missing person’s complaint with the Kudur police.
On October 10, passers-by saw a single slipper and a stone with blood stains. People gathered at the spot and after a search found the body in a pit. The Kudur police are awaiting the post-mortem report.
