LUCKNOW: A 20-year-old girl, a polytechnic student, went missing on Thursday and was found murdered in Madiaon on Friday morning. The girl, identified as Sanskriti Rai of Ballia district was daughter of an advocate and was living in Indiranagar while pursuing her second year from the polytechnic in Ghazipur police station area.Ranjeet Singh, a resident of Madiaon, went to fields on Friday morning and saw a woman lying in a pool of blood. He informed police. A police team took her to KGMU Trauma Centre where she was declared brought dead. Police sent the body for autopsy and registered a case of murder .Aliganj CO Deepak Kumar Singh said, "During probe, we found that Sanskriti had planned to go to Ballia on Thursday with her roommate and had asked her to meet her at the railway station. She left her house around 8am but did not reach the railway station."Sanskriti's roommate called their common friend who informed the family about her going missing. He parents got terrified and reached Lucknow. After failing to find her they lodged a case of missing. It further surfaced that the mobile phone of the victim was switched off at around 8am on Thursday.CO Deepak Kumar Singh further said, "The examination of the spot suggests that assailants brought the girl in a four-wheeler, dragged her for over 25 metres and left her lying injured. The girl had grievous injury on forehead, apparently caused by a blunt and heavy object. Besides, multiple injuries and bruises were found on her hands and face." He said a police team has been sent to search the room where she lived in order to find some clues about the assailants. He said the victim's call records and other details are being scanned.