Lucknow, Oct. 10 -- The body of an 11-year-old who had been missing for around 26 hours was found without clothes in a pond near a quarry in Jhansi on Friday night, prompting police to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death.

The Class 5 student's body was spotted around 11pm in a pond in the Bhainsasur area, around 3 km from the boy's home in the Premnagar area. His family members identified him at the spot, where police personnel were already present.

Jhansi Circle officer (Sadar) Simran Singh said the family had reported the boy missing on Thursday night, following which a case was registered and police teams were deployed to trace him.

"On Friday night, we received information that a child's body was found in a pond nea...