Chikkamagaluru, 10 April

Three days after a class 10 student from Kerala went missing during a family trip to Manikyadhara Falls in the Chandradrona hill range, she was found dead on Friday, police said.

The deceased, identified as Kumari Shrinanda, had been missing since Tuesday evening after she went trekking in the Chandradrona hills, they said.

"The body has been traced, and the clothes she was wearing are intact. The body will be sent for a post-mortem, and further procedures are underway," Chikkamagaluru Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Dayama told PTI.

The girl was part of a group of around 40 relatives who had travelled from Palakkad, police added.

According to police, she went missing at around 5.30pm on Tuesday while at the falls with her family. The family searched for her until about 8pm before informing the authorities.

After receiving the report, police and forest department personnel launched a search operation in the area. Thermal drones were deployed to locate the girl.

Disaster management teams also joined the operation.

In a separate incident in Kodagu district recently, a 36-year-old woman from Kerala went missing while trekking in the Tadiandamol hills and was later traced and reunited with her family.