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Bengaluru: The Mico Layout Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) has been appointed the investigating officer in the case pertaining to the mysterious death of a 13-year-old girl in her Tilak Nagar home.
On May 23, the school girl was found unconscious in her room and was later pronounced brought dead by doctors at a hospital.
Police sent the body for post-mortem and registered an unnatural death report.
The post-mortem report, which came on July 18, stated that the girl was smothered. Following the report, police launched murder investigations.
While the Tilak Nagar police inspector was tasked with investigating the case, no leads could be found in spite of rigorous investigations.
Considering the seriousness and sensitivity of the case, Sarah Fathima, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast), has appointed the ACP as the investigating officer in the case.