A 10-year-old girl, who was reported missing on Thursday (21 May 2026) evening, was found dead in Kannampalayam tank close to her locality on the outskirts of Coimbatore city on Friday (22 May 2026). The police were on the lookout for two persons suspected of having been involved in the abduction and murder. They are also probing whether she was subjected to sexual assault.
The girl, a Class V student at a government school, went missing on Thursday evening while playing near her residence. Though relatives and neighbours searched for the girl, they could not trace her, following which they lodged a complaint at the Sulur police station, as reported in The Hindu.
The girl was found dead in the tank on Friday. The body has been shifted to a government hospital for post-mortem examination.
Coimbatore District Superintendent of Police Allatipalli Pavan Kumar Reddy visited the crime scene and formed special teams to trace the perpetrators.
Meanwhile, residents from the girl’s neighbourhood staged a road blockade on Trichy Road, in front of the Sulur police station, around 9 p.m. on Friday, demanding the arrest of the assailants. Traffic on the arterial road came to a halt for more than an hour due to the protest, following which the police diverted vehicles through an alternative route.
The police arrested two persons early on Saturday (23 May 2026) in connection with the abduction and murder of the girl.
Karthik (33) of Nagapattinam, who has been residing at Pallapalayam near Coimbatore, and his friend Mohanraj, were arrested for alleged involvement in the crime, Inspector General of Police (West Zone) R.V. Ramya Bharathi confirmed to The Hindu.
Further investigation in the case is on, said a communiqué issued by the Coimbatore District Police early on Saturday (23 May 2026).
Police sources said that the suspects were known to the girl’s family and they abducted the girl from her neighbourhood on the pretext of buying her chocolates on Thursday evening. The police identified the suspects based on visuals from surveillance cameras, as reported in The Hindu.
Meanwhile, the road blockade staged by residents from the girl’s neighbourhood on Trichy Road in front of Sulur police station from 9 p.m. on Friday went on till 5 a.m., Saturday. The police diverted the traffic along the arterial road through alternative routes.
IG Ramya Bharathi, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Coimbatore Range) P. Saminathan and Coimbatore District (Rural) Superintendent of Police Allatipalli Pavan Kumar Reddy camped at Sulur till Saturday morning and supervised the investigation by special teams under Deputy Superintendent of Police Karikal Pari Shankar. They also held talks with the protestors. Around 300 police personnel were deployed in the area.
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