Minor girl's body with hands and feet tied found near Junput beach in Purba Medinipur

A body of a minor 15-year-old girl recovers from a remote jungle near Junput beach in Purba Medinipur yesterday, just a day after she gets our from her home amid what police now believe was a deadly romantic entanglement. The minor, a resident of Durmuth Village of Sarada Gram Panchayat under Deshpran Block in Kanthi-2, stepped out alone on Saturday afternoon—possibly heading toward the popular Marine Drive stretch, assumes police—and never made it back, sparking a frantic family search that collided horrifically with reality at Junput Coastal Police Station. Locals stumbling upon the grim scene described hands and feet cruelly tied, the body abandoned in the jungle adjacent to Junput beach like discarded refuse, fueling immediate suspicions of foul play rather than a tragic mishap.

The family is heartbroken after recognizing their daughter’s body. The police have arrested a young man and believe he killed her because of a secret love affair that turned deadly. This isn't just a isolated tragedy; it's a stark wake-up call to the vulnerabilities lurking in seemingly tourist spots. By yesterday as worried family raced to file a missing report at Kanthi police station, at that time, the Kanthi police station received news of the recovery of the girl's body from Junput coastal police station. Rushed to the police station for a heart-shattering confirmation, the family collapsed into grief, their daughter's fate sealed in the most barbaric way.

Preliminary probes by the Junput Coastal police team suggest she may have been slain elsewhere and callously dumped in the grove, though the exact sequence remains shrouded until today's post-mortem at Kanthi Sub-Divisional Hospital sheds forensic light on the brutality. With the suspect whose ties to the victim point to passion's perilous flip side—under intense grilling, police are combing the area for accomplices or overlooked clues, determined to peel back layers of deception in this coastal community's underbelly. For the girl's shattered family and the tight-knit village now whispering in hushed dread, justice can't come soon enough— a probe that not only avenges one young life but fortifies safeguards against the predators prowling paradise.