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In a disturbing turn of events, the body of a 9-year-old girl who had gone missing from Adia village under Basudevpur block in Bhadrak district was recovered on Thursday, nearly five days after her disappearance.
The decomposed body was found just 400 metres away from her home, in the nearby Coast Canal. The discovery came during a joint operation carried out by fire services and ODRAF (Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force) teams.
Though retrieval of the minor's body sent shockwaves through local community, authorities remain cautious in labeling it a murder. "Whether it is a case of murder or something else can only be determin...