SHILLONG: The body of the minor girl, who went missing on July 24 from Umlyngka, was found at Dam site, Ri-Bhoi on Friday.
The mother of the victim, suspected to be murdered, had filed a missing complaint on July 25 and subsequently lodged another FIR on July 28.
The second FIR was filed after it came to her knowledge that one Juntina Lyngdoh Marshillong (20 years), her daughter’s friend, who also went missing on the same day (July 24), had come back the next day.
She urged police to find out if Marshillong was involved in the disappearance of her daughter.
The mother received the group photo of both Marshillong and her daughter and another minor girl taken one or two days before the disappearance of her daughter.
According to the mother, Marshillong also gave a photograph of a boy to her second daughter.
The victim was last seen wearing multi-coloured pants, a brown Khasi apron and slippers.
However, the body which was recovered from Umiam did not have clothes.
Moreover, the relatives said that the minor girl had long hair. Her hair was cut short and the face was blackned.
Meanwhile, expressing shock over the death of the minor girl, chairperson of State commission for protection of child rights( SCPCR), M Kharkongor urged the police to book the culprits at the earliest.
