India, March 5 -- A six-year-old girl who went missing from Nalasopara East on Monday morning was found dead in a nearby well the next day, police said.

The girl, identified as Zoya Khan, lived in Dhaniv Bagh. According to police, she was at home with her 12-year-old brother on Monday morning after their mother left for work around 8.30am. Police said Zoya later went out to play but did not return. When the mother returned later in the day, she was informed that the child was missing.

After a brief search, the family lodged a complaint at Pelhar police station, following which a kidnapping case against an unidentified person was registered.

During a search operation on Tuesday, her body was discovered in a well inside Omni Compound, lo...