Girl on way to school found dead in quarry

KOCHI: A school student was found dead in a quarry at Sasthamugal in the district. Her body was found in an unused quarry near her house. The dead is Adithya, daughter of Mahesh of Kinattingal. She was on her way to school. She was a plus one student of Chottanikkara Vocational Higher Secondary School.

The girl’s relative, an auto driver, saw the body first. He found a school bag abandoned while going through that place. A search following a suspicion, found her body floating in the water of the quarry. He soon informed the locals and the police. The Chottanikkara police arrived and shifted the body to Kalamassery Medical College. The cause of the death will be known only after postmortem. The police have started an investigation after registering a case.