Srinagar, May 24 -- Srinagar - Kashmir woke on Sunday to grief, horror and disbelief after a 12-year-old girl who had gone missing in central Kashmir's Budgam district was found dead near her home, in an incident that has shaken public conscience and triggered outrage across the Valley.
The girl, from Galwanpora village in Budgam, had been reported missing on Saturday evening after she failed to return home. According to police, her family launched a desperate search before approaching authorities, who registered a kidnapping case and began efforts to trace her.
But hope turned into horror the next morning.
Her body was recovered barely 200 metres from her house.
"Unfortunately, the body of the child was found today morning," Senior Sup...