India, Feb. 25 -- Police have initiated a high-level investigation into alleged murder and rape of the Plus Three student after her body was discovered from a building in Paradip in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on Monday. The girl had been missing since Saturday. Her body was found on the ground below the fourth floor of a building named Khuntia Niwas in Tarinigada area of Paradip. Police suspect she was pushed from the terrace after being gang raped.

A youth from Bihar has been arrested. His two other room-mates - one from Uttar Pradesh and another from Odisha - have also been taken into custody for interrogation regarding their suspected involvement. Preliminary probe revealed that the girl was hailing from Kolara in Tirtol. The acc...