Patna: The body of a 12-year-old schoolgirl, who had been missing since Oct 12, was recovered from behind a relative’s old house near her home in Gopalganj district on Wednesday. Her family has alleged that she was kidnapped and killed.The deceased was identified as Sanjana Kumari, daughter of Pawan Singh of Khanpur Azmat village under Thawe police station area. She was a Class VI student at a private school in the village.Police said Sanjana had gone to the family’s cattle shed to feed the animals on Oct 12. According to her family, a woman relative asked her to deliver a bar of soap to her house. Sanjana allegedly went there but did not return. Her family searched for her and lodged a missing complaint with police the same day.On Wednesday, her body was spotted behind the old house of the relative. After police reached the spot, family members and villagers protested and initially refused to allow the body to be removed. Police later pacified them and sent the body to Sadar Hospital for postmortem.Sadar SDPO Chandan Kumar said an FSL team collected samples from the spot. “An FIR has been registered against the relatives of the deceased. Two of them have been detained for questioning, while others are absconding. Raids are being conducted to nab them,” he said.
