Missing minor girl's body found in Basavapura Lake

A 14-year-old high school student who went missing three days ago was found dead at Basavapura Lake on the city outskirts on Saturday.

Rani, daughter of Satyanarayana and Lakshmi from Pavagada in Tumakuru, was a Class VIII student at a government school in Singasandra near Electronics City on Hosur Road.

The couple had left Rani with her aunt Baghya in Begur for education. Preliminary police inquiries revealed that Rani was irregular to school.  Baghya had scolded her a few days ago with a warning that she would be sent back home to her parents if she failed to mend her ways.

Though it appeared that Rani had left for school as usual on January 31, she went missing. Baghya checked with the school to learn that the teenager was absent. She informed Rani's parents, who came to the city and searched in vain. They then lodged a missing complaint with the police.

On Saturday, people passing by the lake found a girl's body floating. They immediately alerted the Electronics City police, who retrieved the body and found a school  identity card inside her uniform pocket. Based on the this, the police informed Rani's family, who identified the body.

Electronics City police have filed a case of unnatural death, and are investigating.