Hindustan Times (Bathinda)

Body of teen girl found floating in river in Rohru

Body found in naked state, sent for autopsy, say cops

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com ■

SHIMLA: The naked body of a teenaged girl, who had gone missing on May 30, was found floating in river Pabbar in Chirgaon tehsil of Himachal’s Rohru on Monday.

Her mother said the 19-yearold had gone missing from Sandasu village.

On Monday morning, locals out on a morning walk along the river spotted the girl’s body floating on the river.

SHIMLA: The naked body of a teenaged girl, who had gone missing on May 30, was found floating in river Pabbar in Chirgaon tehsil of Rohru on Monday.

The deceased’s mother had told the police that her 19-yearold daughter had gone missing from Sandasu village, which is situated on the banks of river Pabbar.

The deceased went for a morning walk with her mother everyday but on May 30 the girl had ventured out alone.

On Monday morning, locals out on a morning walk along the river spotted the dead girl floating on the river.

The police fished out the body with the help of locals.

“The body was sent for an autopsy to the civil hospital in Rohru,” said subdivisio­nal police officer Rohru, Sunil Negi.

The police are going through the call logs of the girl before she went missing.

A few youngsters have been questioned.

20-YEAR-OLD NEPALESE WOMAN STILL MISSING

Police have not been able to find a 20-year-old Nepalese woman who had gone missing from on May 26 from Sandasu village.

The girl lived with her parents along the banks of river Pabbar.

Police believe that she had been swept away in the river as a single shoe was found near the river.

‘NO CRIME AGAINST WOMEN SHOULD GO UNPUNISHED’

A day after taking charge as the Himachal Pradesh director general of police (DGP), Sanjay Kundu, in an interview with Hindustan Times, said he will work with the motto that no crime against women should go unregister­ed, undetected and unpunished. 0

He said women form 50% of the population and it is essential they feel safe for society to progress.

HER MOTHER TOLD THE POLICE THAT SHE HAD GONE MISSING FROM SANDASU VILLAGE, WHICH IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF PABBAR RIVER

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