The Gingee police on Tuesday arrested four persons, including a minor boy, in connection with the murder of a 16-year-old girl.
According to the police, the victim’s body was found floating in a well in a village near Gingee. The four persons are being questioned to ascertain the motive behind the murder, the police said.
Relatives of the girl staged a protest accusing the police of not acting on a complaint when the girl went missing on July 11.
The police registered a missing complaint on July 12 but they failed to interrogate the four suspects mentioned in the complaint, the girl’s parents said.
