The decomposed body of Girija was located at a depth of 45-feet, deep inside the borewell in water, and efforts were on to retrieve it, they said.
"The girl's body has been located inside the hole and we are trying to take it out. The body was located through a camera at around 3 PM today," ACP (Ibrahimpatnam Division) Ramulu Naik told PTI.
"The body is in a decomposed condition. After conducting post-mortem, the body will be handed over to the family members," he said.
Massive rescue operations continued for the third consecutive day today to locate the girl. The area around the borewell was dug to reach out to her. Oxygen was also pumped inside the hole.
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Police and revenue officials, besides teams of NDRF, fire, geologists and members of coal mining company Singareni Collieries were involved in the massive rescue operation.
The nearly 300-feet deep borewell was dug around six months back. Though it did not yield water, it was left abandoned and uncovered. Due to a cover of bushes on the ground, it was difficult to make out if there was a borewell there, police said.