The body of a minor girl, missing since Tuesday, was recovered from a pond in Chatra on Sunday.

A villager spotted the body in a pond near to the victim’s Gangpur village under Giddhore police station on Sunday late evening and informed the police after which it was fished out.

About the missing of the girl named Supriya Kumari a.k.a Dolly, her father Ranjeet Gupta had lodged an FIR in this regard at Giddhore police station. According to this complaint, she went missing from the village on January 12.

Chatra superintendent of police Rishav Kumar Jha also reached Gangpur village and investigated the matter.

Ranjeet has accused one Rahul Yadav for abducting his daughter. Police had left Rahul after interrogating him.

On Sunday evening, when a dead body of a young girl was spotted in Dantuwa pond near to Gangpur, officer-in-charge of Giddhore police station, Sanjay Kumar Singh reached there.

The body was fished out and Ranjeet Gupta was informed. Ranjeet identified the body as his 14-year-old missing daughter Supriya.

Singh said the dead body has been sent for post-mortem to Chatra Sadar Hospital. “We will wait for the report to know the actual reason behind her death. However, police have started the investigation and working on a various angle to know as what actually happened with Supriya,” he added.

Meanwhile, Supriya’s relatives charged police for negligence in this case. They said Rahul was allowed to go from the police station even when he was harassing Supriya.

With the recovery of the dead body, BJP’s Giddhore block president Kapil Kumar said it was a shocking incident and whoever was behind this should not be spared. “I demand immediate cracking of this case and arrest of the culprits,” added he. Simaria MLA Kishun Kumar Das also warned to sit on indefinite hunger strike if this case was not solved.