bareilly body of a missing 16yearold girl was found hanging from a tree in a forest area near jijoda danda rajpura area of sambhal district on thursday the girl had eloped with her neighbour arjun kumar 18 on wednesday night and police have registered an fir under murder charges against the accused on a complaint lodged by her father the body was sent for autopsy and the accused was arrested while he was hiding in a field outside the villagethe girl was a student of class ix and was said to be in a relationship with the accused a student of class x for over a year according to her family they wanted her to continue her studies while the accused was forcing her for marriage since she was a minor her family members were strictly against the relationship according to neighbours there had been two meetings in the past between both the families in the presence of the village elderlygunnor circle officer krishna kant saroj said the girls father has alleged that her daughter was abducted by the accused and later killed in a forest area we have booked the accused for murder and have detained him during questioning he said that he had attempted to kill himself along with the girl but was saved because of the loose rope he confessed that he couldnt gather the courage to kill himself later during investigation we have found evidence that he was in a relationship with the minor girl we will continue to investigate and the accused will be sent to jail soon