The highly-decomposed body of a nine-year-old girl has been recovered from the water tank of a building near her house in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/thane-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane district</a> two days after she went missing, police said on Friday.
The girl from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/bhiwandi--articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bhiwandi tehsil</a> had gone missing on April 3 and her body was found on Wednesday, they said.
"The girl had stepped out of her house to buy eggs from a grocery shop near Amjadia School in her locality. However, she did not return home after that. Her family members carried out a frantic search but failed to find her. After that, a missing person's report was filed," an official of Shanti Nagar police station in Bhiwandi said.
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During their probe, the police received information that the girl's body was found in the water tank of a building in the locality. The residents told the police that as a foul smell emanated, they checked the water tank where they found the body, which was in a highly-decomposed state.
The police sent the body to a government hospital for a post-mortem, he said.
After the recovery of the body, the police have registered a case of kidnapping and investigation into the incident was on.
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The highly-decomposed body of a nine-year-old girl has been recovered from the water tank of a building near her house in Maharashtra`s Thane district two days after she went missing, police said on Friday

Thane: Nine-year-old girl's body found in water tank of building days after she goes missing

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The girl from Bhiwandi tehsil had gone missing on April 3 and her body was found on Wednesday

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