A teenage girl was found dead in a school in Siraha’s Gol Bazaar this morning. The body of Punti Kumari Sah, 15, was found hanging in the Children Education Academy of Gol Bazaar Municipality.

Daughter of Ram Julum Sah of Gol Bazaar, the girl had gone missing since late afternoon yesterday.

After the locals saw the body, they informed police. “As soon as we got information about the body, we reached the school and found a girl’s body hanging inside a classroom,” said Gol Bazaar Area Police Office Incharge Janak Puri. Police said the incident was suspicious, considering the school’s CC camera footage that shows a boy with the girl.

“For investigation, we’ve detained Raj Kumar Sah, the person seen in the footage,” said Puri, adding that the body had been taken to Lahan-based Ram Kumar-Uma Prasad Memorial Hospital for post-mortem.

“We’re investigating the incident and only after the post-mortem report, will we be able to say whether it was a murder,” said police.

Murder Accused Arrested

Police have arrested Raj Kumar Sah (18) of Golbazaar municipality-2 on 8 July 2020 in accusation of killing Pintu Kumari Sah (15) of Golbazaar municipality- 5.

The accused had taken the victim to Children Boarding School of Golbazaar municipality-4 on 7 July 2020 informed the victim’s brother Raju Sah. 

In the morning, on 8 July the victim was found hanging in the school, informed Area Police Office, Golbazaar to INSEC’s representative. 

The CCTV footage has captured the accused and the victim entering the school, informed Inspector Janak Puri of Area Police Office. Inspector Puri added that the post-mortem report is pending. 

Post-mortem report was conducted at Koshi Zonal Hospital on 29 June 2020.