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Pune: An 18-year-old woman, who had been missing since Wednesday, was found dead in Mula-Mutha River at Kharadi late on Saturday evening. After verifying the details, we confirmed that it was her body,” the police said.
The woman recently discontinued her studies, according to Mundhwa police. We then alerted other police stations upstream. Mundhwa police officers informed us that a missing person complaint had been registered with them. Her parents are daily-wage workers. She has several friends in the Yerawada and Kharadi areas. CCTV footage showed her travelling in an autorickshaw and later walking. However, she subsequently went missing. They provided us with details of a woman whose description matched the missing woman.
A missing person complaint had been registered with Mundhwa police station on Wednesday. Sanjay Chavan, senior inspector of Kharadi police, on Sunday told TOI , “We recovered the body after locals spotted it floating in the river. The dead body was handed over to Mundhwa police on Sunday afternoon for further legal formalities. On Wednesday, she left home, leaving her cellphone behind, and went to Yerawada. “On Sunday morning, we received a call from the Kharadi police.