Missing girl found dead inside septic tank in Odisha's Malkangiri

Malkangiri: Body of a four-year-old girl was found inside an under-construction septic tank in Lathiaguda area of Odisha's Malkangiri district today.

The girl had gone missing last evening and a police complaint in this regard was lodged by the father of the deceased.

The kin of the girl and villagers searched for her at different places in the locality yesterday, but in vain.

Locals spotted the body inside the septic tank this morning and informed her family members. Police have recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem. The reason behind the death of the girl can be ascertained after the autopsy, police said.