More than a month after an eight-year-old girl went missing, officials today exhumed her body under the sink of the kitchen of her neighbour.
Revenue and police officials demolished the sink after people in the area raised suspicion about the stink coming from the neighbouring house and they complained to police, who noticed new construction under the sink.
Tahsildhar Kurichi Muthu and Inspector Sivakumar said the body of the girl was found in sitting posture bound with steel wire.
The neighbour Amalraj, who was running a tea shop, was absconding for the last few weeks.
Police said the mother of the girl had taken her daughter, who had some congenital problem, to the nearby street tap for bathing on June five. As she forgot to take the soap, she went back to her house leaving the child.
However, when she came back, she noticed that her daughter was missing and she informed the people in the area and lodged a police complaint.
Police said the body of the girl had been sent for post mortem. They suspected that the child must have been sexually abused before being murdered.
Police said they were on the look out for Amalraj.
