A one-and-a-half-year-old girl was found dead inside a building on Friday days after she went missing from her house in north Delhi's Wazirabad area, the police said.
The Wazirabad police station received information on Monday regarding the missing child.
Head Constable Vineet found the child's body on the stairs of the top floor of the building in Wazirabad on Friday, the police said.
The district crime team and Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) personnel were called at the spot and the body was shifted to the Sabzi Mandi mortuary for legal proceedings, they added.
Police said the reason of the child's death will be ascertained after the postmortem examination and further action will be taken.
The statement of the girl's father, a resident of Wazirabad, was recorded during inquiry and a case was registered under section 363 (punishment for kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the police said.
An extensive search operation was carried out, the police said, adding the photographs of the child and information of the case were shared with various agencies.
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