Bodies of a 16-year-old teenage girl and her two male friends, aged 19 and 20, were retrieved from a farm pond along Manupatti – Elayamuthur road near Udumalpet in Tirupur district on Saturday.
The parents of the girl had lodged a complaint with the Dhali police after she had gone missing on December 18, on her birthday. The girl had reportedly told her parents that she was going out to distribute cakes to neighbours.
The police had learnt about the trio travelling on a motorcycle, but their mobile phones were found to be in switch-off mode.
It came to light that the trio had fallen into the pond along with the two-wheeler that had gone berserk at a sharp turn after hitting an iron pipeline. The water level in the pond stood at seven feet, police sources said.
Published – December 21, 2024 09:29 pm IST