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Jharkhand girl found dead in cardamom estate in Kerala

A 14-year-old girl, hailing from Jharkhand, was found dead in the backyard of a house, where she was staying with her parents, at a cardamom estate in Kerala.

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Published : Sep 29, 2021, 2:13 PM IST

Idukki (Kerala): A 14-year-old girl, hailing from Jharkhand, was found dead in the backyard of a house, where she was staying with her parents, at Kattappana here Wednesday morning, police said.

The deceased was the daughter of a plantation worker couple from the northern state, who arrived here just two weeks ago in search of a job in a cardamom estate in this high range district.

The 14-year-old had gone missing and her body weas recovered from the backyard of a house she was living in with her parents who had come to Kerala searching for a job.

According to the victim's parents, she was found missing from the house, located inside an estate in Mettukuzhy here, this morning.

They immediately carried out a search and found her body in the backyard of the house, they said. Further details will be known only after the post-mortem of the body, police said.

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