VARANASI, May 25 -- : A 15-year-old girl was found murdered in bushes near Dubeypur Basari village under Padri police station area of Mirzapur district on Sunday morning.

The incident came to light when local residents spotted the girl's body lying near a hut in the village and informed others.

According to police, the teenager had gone to sleep with her family on Saturday night. Family members said that around 10.30 pm everyone went to bed. Later in the night, when the girl's mother woke up, she found the teenager missing from her bed.

The family searched for her throughout the night, but could not trace her. On Sunday morning, two labourers from the village were on their way to work when they noticed the body near the hut. They immed...