The body of a nine-year-old girl was recovered on Thursday morning from the terrace of a residential building in the city's Jorabagan area, sparking protests by locals, who claimed that the police did not take action when the family had reported that she was missing.

The minor girl, with her throat slit, was found lying in a pool of blood, a senior police officer said. A team of officers from the local police station, and Kolkata Police Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) Murlidhar Sharma rushed to the area in northern part of the city, following the "discovery of the girl's body", he said. Preliminary investigations suggest that the nine-year-old, who went missing on Wednesday evening, was sexually abused and then murdered by a person or the group of persons, the officer said.