A 16-year-old, referred to as Anjana on social media, was found beheaded with her face doused in acid and her breasts mutilated in Bihar, India, according to reports. The victim's family has claimed that the teenager was raped, however, authorities suspect that she is a possible victim of "honor" killing and that her parents might be responsible for it.

The girl was reportedly found on Sunday just a few hundred feet away from the family home, according to Times of India. Shortly after the news was reported, hordes of people flocked to the streets to protest in the city of Gaya, Bihar.

#Bihar has become a badland under #BJP & JD(U) alliance. A 16-year-old girl was kidnapped & raped with acid. Brutality to the extreme. The details made me shudder. What's even pathetic is cops are trying to explore an 'honour killing' angle.#StopRape#JusticeForAnjana pic.twitter.com/5ttJfUJaFf — Sandeep Narayan (@sandeep_msn) January 10, 2019

According to a report filed by the girl's father to the police on January 4, the teenager reportedly went missing on December 28. However, senior officer Rajiv Mishra, while talking to the press, said that her mother and sisters had told the authorities in a confession record about how Anjana returned home on December 31 but was sent away by her father with a man who was not known to the family.

Her remains were eventually found on January 6. Authorities have also claimed that Anjana was spotted alive with her parents on December 31, according to reports.

According to officials, Anjana's was killed three to four days before her body was found. Reports state that a post-mortem examination of the body will be conducted to ascertain the cause of death.

#rip_ajana#girl_raped in patwatoli manpur gaya..

But no action taken till now..

Where is gov & opposition leaders...

At least wake up...

Ask justice for anjana...A girl who is only 16 yr old... @yadavtejashwi @NitishKumar @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/hGtQakuH7U — NAVNEET BHARDWAJ (@NAVNEET2106) January 10, 2019

Latest update in the incident states that authorities have detained the girl's family, which includes her mother, father and another relative and are questioning the family over suspicious details, including why the FIR was filed a week after the teenager went missing.

Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters participated in candlelit marches on Tuesday and Wednesday in the state, to demand justice for the teenager, who was brutally murdered by her perpetrator.