The body of a five-year-old girl was recovered from Panchgaon village in Bhaluka upazila on Friday night.

The victim was Farjana Akhter, daughter of Fazlul Haque of the village.

Farjana went missing from her house on Friday morning and her family members made futile attempts to find her, Bhaluka Police Station OC Md Firoz Talukder quoted locals and family members as saying.

Seeing her body in a bamboo cluster of the village at night, a few locals informed police who sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for autopsy, he said.

The body bore injury marks on the face, head and eyes, the OC said.