India, Feb. 16 -- A 16-year-old girl who went missing from Mokalwas village near Bilaspur on February 11 died in a suspected suicide, police said, adding that her body was recovered from a 15-foot-deep pond near the village crematorium on Saturday morning.

Officials familiar with the matter said the Class 11 student had left her house late Wednesday night and was last seen on CCTV footage. A senior official at Bilaspur police station said she was captured leaving home after dinner. "After having a family dinner, she went to her room for studies, however, the girl left her house without informing them. Her school uniform was also not in her room," the official said, requesting anonymity and quoting the family's complaint.

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