Patna: The body of a 15-year-old Class VIII student, who had been missing since Tuesday evening, was recovered from a bamboo grove at Bairwa village under Mithai police camp area of Sadar Block in Madhepura district on Wednesday morning.According to police, the deceased was identified as Rupesh Kumar, son of Jaikant Yadav of Bairwa village under Mithai Police Camp area of Sadar block. Rupesh was the family’s only son and his elder sister is married. Police said preliminary investigation suggested murder, though the exact cause of death would be known after the postmortem and FSL investigation.Family members had been searching for Rupesh since Tuesday evening but could not trace him till late at night. Early on Wednesday, some village women spotted his body in the bamboo grove and alerted villagers, following which his family and police were informed.Mithai Police Camp in-charge Shivani Kumari, Sadar SHO Vimalendu Kumar and Sadar SDPO Ajay Kumar reached the spot with a police team and inspected the area. The body was sent for postmortem, while a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team collected evidence from the spot.SDPO Ajay Kumar said preliminary investigation suggested murder. “There were injury marks near his ears and neck. However, how the teenager died and the reason behind it will be clear only after the postmortem report and FSL investigation,” he said.He added that the family had not submitted a written complaint so far and further investigation was underway.
