# 12-year-old girl found dead after going missing in Budgam 2026-08-07T01:56:04+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A 12-year-old girl reported missing from Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district was found dead around 200 metres from her home on Sunday, police said. She had gone missing from the Galwanpora area on Saturday evening. Police registered a kidnapping case and began searches before recovering her body the next morning. Budgam SSP Hariprasad K K said a post-mortem examination had been ordered and that the case appeared prima facie to involve rape and murder. The relevant legal sections were added to the FIR. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the killing, while Kashmir’s chief preacher Mirwaiz Umar Farooq called for a transparent, time-bound investigation and punishment under law. ## Coverage - millenniumpost.in Tags: Budgam, child safety, crime, Jammu and Kashmir, police investigation Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/12-year-old-girl-found-dead-after-going-missing-in-budgam/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/12-year-old-girl-found-dead-after-going-missing-in-budgam/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.