A six-year-old girl, previously reported missing, was found dead in a chawl located in Bhiwandi in Thane district. Her body was found concealed within a plastic storage drum, reported PTI. The distressing event has prompted the police to register a murder case against unidentified persons.

The police found the child’s lifeless body on Friday in a chawl in Dhapsipada area of Bhiwandi. The young girl’s parents, both employed as factory workers, had reported her as missing from their residence in the locality on September 13. The couple had filed a kidnapping complaint with the local police, stated the PTI report.