Independent legislator Prakash Kumar presented a memorandum to the DGP seeking steps to arrest those behind the death of the girl.
School girl's body found in drain. (iStock)
The body of a missing nine-year-old girl child was retrieved from a drain near her house in Muthialpet block in Puducherry, police have said. Her hands and legs were found tied with ropes. As soon as the girl went missing on 2 March, her parents filed a police complaint. She was a Class 5 student in a government school.