Decomposed body of 3-yr-old girl recovered from manhole

Kolkata: The decomposed body of a three-year-old girl was recovered from inside a manhole at Shyamlal Street on Friday night. Locals said that the child was missing since Wednesday and according to the primary autopsy report, the child was strangulated to death.

Local sources informed that the child used to live with her family members on the pavement opposite to Shyamlal Street in front of Deshbandhu Park. On Wednesday night, her family members all of a sudden noticed that she was missing.

Primarily, they tried to search the area, but failed to locate her. Later, with the help of other locals, a search was conducted but in vain.

On Thursday, the child's father lodged a complaint with Ultadanga police station.

After commencing the probe to locate the missing child, police could not gather any clues that might have led them to her.

On Friday night, a few locals saw a manhole inside a compound of a four-storeyed building was partly open. When some of them peeped in and looked into the manhole, they saw the girl.

Immediately, the owner of the building was informed. At around 11:10 pm, the police recovered the decomposed body of the missing child.

After getting the primary autopsy report, investigators are now trying to understand if there was any enmity with the girl's family members. Also, the police have tracked a few CCTV cameras on the main road just outside Shyamlal Street and inside a nearby school compound.

Sources informed that the footage from the CCTV cameras installed has been viewed but nothing suspicious could be traced.

The investigators are yet to look into the footage of the CCTV camera inside the nearby school campus. It is also not clear whether the girl has been sexually harassed or not.