Koraput, Jan 2: Borigumma police in Odisha’s Koraput district has recovered a girl’s body from a cashew field on Sunday.

The girl, identified as Subhadra Amanatya, a native of Chiliguda village, is suspected to be raped and murdered.

Sources said, three days ago, Subhadra(20) had been to the forest for firewood collection. However, she had not returned so far.

Meanwhile, locals spotted her wounded and bare body in a cashew farm and informed the police. Borigumma police rushed to the spot, recovered the body, and carried primary investigation.

However, the circumstantial evidence indicates, the girl might have been murdered after sexual assault.