Karnal, Aug. 21 -- A 17-year-old girl with injury marks on her body was found murdered in the fields of Karnal's Indri area during the early hours of Wednesday, police said.

She was identified as a native of Kairana town of Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The body was first seen by some commuters on Gadhi Birbal-Umarpur road, under the limits of Indri police station and police were informed.

Soon, residents and panchayat members from nearby villages also reached the crime spot, but failed to identify the girl.

They reportedly told the police that she could have been brought from some other village or town and thrown at the spot as the road mostly remains deserted during late hours.

Crime teams investigated this lead by the locals a...