PATNA: The body of a 16-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Mathia Sahdullahpur village under Town police station area of Gopalganj on Sunday morning.
Police said it was not clear if she was killed and hanged or had committed suicide.
Sub-inspector Vikash Kumar said the girl lived with her maternal grandmother and other family members for the last several years. “Pinki had gone to the market on Saturday evening. When she did not return home, family members started searching but failed to trace her. On Sunday morning they came to know that her body was hanging from a tree with a scarf on the village outskirts,” he said.
Kumar said the body was handed over to one of her relatives, Anand Yadav, after conducting postmortem. He said no one from her family has either submitted a written complaint or recorded any statement to police.
Gopalganj SP Anand Kumar said police were waiting for the postmortem report. “It was conducted by a medical board. Her viscera has been preserved for further investigation. Her skin tissues from neck would be sent for histopathological test,” he said.
The SP said her family members could not be interrogated as they were in a shock. “Police will get the call detail record of the girl’s cellphone,” he said, adding further investigation was going on in this connection.