Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- A 14-year-old girl was found murdered hours after she was kidnapped from near her home in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Sunday, officials said.

Police have constituted a special investigation team (SIT) after filing a case under Section 103 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Officials said that the dead body of the girl, a class-7 student, was recovered in the morning from an area near a road at Sehpora Batpora in Ganderbal. The recovery of the dead body prompted anger and protests in the area seeking arrest and death penalty for the killers.

"The girl was a school student and was with her elder sister when they were targeted. The elder sister managed to escape but the younger sister was killed. She had be...