Five persons have been detained in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old school girl. The police recovered the blood-stained, semi-naked body of a schoolgirl in a cane field in the wee hours of Sunday. The girl had injuries on her private parts. Her father, a sanitation worker, identified the body. The girl's bicycle, school bag, four bottles of beer, and wrappers of snacks were found on the spot.

The family had filed a complaint after the girl went missing, based on which cops registered an FIR under sections 363 (abduction), 376 (rape) and 302 (murder) of the IPC, along with relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2013 at the local police station against unidentified persons.