A three-year-old girl with burns was found dead near a dump yard behind Ulhasnagar’s Hill Line police station on Thursday. Ulhasnagar police said that they have registered a case in this regard and are looking for the person responsible behind the heinous crime. According to the police, the child, a resident of Prem Nagar area of Ulhasnagar, had gone missing on November 18 evening, following which her parents approached the Hill station police.

According to the parents, their daughter had gone out to play in the nearby area at around 5.30 pm but did not return until night. “We have been looking for our daughter, and the police today [Thursday] told us that they found a dead body. We refuse to accept that the dead body that is found is that of our daughter. We just want our daughter back,” said the victim’s mother.