Missing girl found dead in tank near Coimbatore

Key points

• A 10-year-old girl, who was reported missing on Thursday evening, was found dead in Kannampalayam tank close to her locality on the outskirts of Coimbatore city on Friday.
• The police are on the lookout for two persons suspected of having been involved in the abduction and murder.
• They are also probing whether she was subjected to sexual assault.
• The girl, a Class V student of a government school, went missing on Thursday evening while playing near her residence.
• Though relatives and neighbours searched for the girl, they could not trace her, following which they lodged a complaint at the Sulur police station.