A teenaged girl, who was reported missing two days back,was found dead with her throat slit on a riverbed near Pollachi in the district of Coimbatore on Saturday, police said.
She was pursuing her second year BSc at a Coimbatore city college. Investigators say she had left her college hostel and had planned to visit her home in Dindigul district.
The 19-year old girl went missing two days ago, following which her parents had lodged a complaint with police.
A few passersby noticed the body on the river bed and informed police. The body was sent to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.