An intermediate student was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Gandikota in Jammalamadugu Constituency of Kadapa district on Tuesday (July 15).

The parents of the minor girl, who hails from Yerraguntla and was studying intermediate at Proddatur, filed a missing complaint after she did not return home from college on Monday evening (July 14).

On being alerted that a body was found in Gandikota, the police rushed to the spot and revealed that the body was of the missing girl. The body was sent to the Jammalamadugu Government Hospital for post-mortem.

The police probing the case did not rule out a murder angle and suspect that the girl reached the spot along with a male friend.

Superintendent of Police E.G. Ashok Kumar, accompanied by Deputy Superintendent P. Bhavana, reached the spot on Tuesday and spoke to the local residents as well as the department staff for possible clues.