Overview
- Neha, 16, was captured on CCTV leaving her Mokalwas home at 9:22 pm on February 11 wearing her school uniform.
- The family lodged a missing-person FIR on Friday under the new criminal code and announced a ₹1 lakh reward for information.
- A diary entry asked relatives to look near the cremation ground; police later clarified the note did not explicitly mention the pond.
- Divers and four tractor-mounted pumps drained the 15‑foot‑deep pond over roughly 12 hours, revealing the body stuck in mud.
- An autopsy was completed and the body handed to the family as investigators review CCTV and phone records and search for her mobile, with no clear motive identified.