Silchar: The body mutilated from a six-year-old girl was found in a cave in the forest in Sultani Village in Hailakadi District on Saturday, three days after she was lost.
The girl, a resident of the Sultani region near the Mizoram border, did not return home on Wednesday, after his father who had complaints lost at the Ramnathpur police station the following day.
On Friday morning, the police had detained three people to be interrogated, but the girl could not be traced.
However, on Saturday morning, family members and villagers launched a search in the forest and found a minor body in the cave in Katlicherra Block.
A senior police official said the girl’s body took several injuries, including one on his neck.
He said the investigation was launched into the incident.