A class 10 girl was killed by her Facebook friend in Telangana's Mahabubnagar district on August 27. Her family had lodged a missing complaint which led the police to the killer identified as Naveen Reddy.

Her body was found two days later on Thursday.

The deceased went missing from Jadcherla on August 27 and a kidnap case was lodged at the local police station by her family. Police who took up the investigation based on CCTV footage that showed Naveen Reddy going towards a desolate location behind a housing board colony along with the girl.

Reddy confessed to the crime during interrogation.

The minor girl and Naveen became friends on Facebook and decided to meet on August 27. The two had met twice before.

On August 27, an argument broke out between the two and in a fit of rage Reddy pushed down the girl, which caused a severe head injury. She later died of the injury.

The body of the girl was later found near Sankarayapalli on Thursday morning.

Police have sent the body to a local government hospital for postmortem while the accused has been arrested in the case.