9th class student murdered for opposing lewd comments

Jajpur: The dead body of a minor girl was recovered from a pond at Barakul village in the Jajpur district on Saturday. The deceased, identified as Amrita Das was studying in class 9. The family of the deceased suspects that Amrita might have been killed over the ongoing dispute over opposing someone passing lewd comments.

“Some youths had passed lewd comments at Amrita around two or three days back and she had retaliated. We suspect that the incident could be the fallout of this,” said one relative.

As per the initial reports, Amrita had gone missing after her tuition last evening. As she did not return home, her family along with some relatives and villagers launched a search operation and spotted Amrita’s bag and cycle near a pond at Nandipur Chakk under Mangalpur police limits. Later, the body of the girl was found in the pond. Police have initiated an investigation into the incident and the exact reason behind the student’s death.