A 14-year-old girl was found dead in a well near her house in the Falakata block of Alipurduar district on Wednesday early morning.

She had been missing since Tuesday evening. Family members alleged that the girl had been murdered and shoved into the well. .

When police started a search for the Class X student, they found her body in a covered well near her house around 2am. Her neck was tied with a dupatta, police said.

“We suspect someone has killed my daughter. Otherwise, how can she fall into a well that is covered? There is no reason why she should go near the well. We want police to arrest the culprits,” said the girl’s father.