The body of a 12-year-old girl bearing severe injury marks was found in a jute field at Gaighata in North 24-Parganas district today.
The police said the girl, a Class VI student of Rampur- Rajapur Tangra high school in her village Rajapur, was missing since yesterday.
The girl's parents had lodged a missing complaint with the Gaighata police station.
The body was sent for postmortem.
The police said one person was arrested.
