Aizwal, Aug. 8 -- Mizoram Police have formed a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the alleged murder of a 15-year-old girl whose body was recovered in Lunglei district two days after she went missing, a senior police officer said on Friday.

Mizoram Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) H. Ramthlengliana said the girl, a resident of Mualthuam North, went missing after leaving her home at around 8.30 pm on August 3.

Following a search by local residents, her body was found around 10.20 am on August 5 on the premises of a government-run middle school in Mualthuam North, he said.

Police registered a case at Lunglei police station under Sections 103(1) and 140(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), relating ...