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Missing 7-Yr-Old Autistic School Girl Found Dead In Waterlogged Fountain In Bhubaneswar
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Bhubaneswar A wave of shock and grief gripped Bhubaneswar on Wednesday following the tragic death of a seven-year-old mentally challenged girl student, whose body was recovered under mysterious circumstances from a water fountain behind Police Reserve Parade Ground.
The search ended in a heartbreak later in the evening when local residents spotted her body floating in the water fountain.
She was immediately pulled from the water and rushed to Capital Hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.
The body was immediately shifted to the capital hospital, where the child was declared as brought dead,” a police release said.
Speaking to reporters outside Capital Hospital, the victim’s grieving uncle voiced deep outrage over how a 6-year-old child could wander off school premises unnoticed.