Imphal: The bullet-riddled body of Lungnila Elizabeth, kidnapped for ransom by militants over a week ago, was today (November 12) recovered from near her school, about 3 km from here in Imphal West district, official sources said.

The body of the eight-year- old daughter of Manipur Minister for General Administration Francis Ngajokpa was found in a sack dumped in a pond at Sangaiporou Sathokpam area, about one-and-half km West of Little Flower High School, where she was a student of Standard III.

The body has been sent to Regional Institute of Medical Science Hospital for postmortem, the sources said, adding it was not exactly known when the child was shot dead.

PTI