jaipur an 18yearold girl was found dead at samawata village in barmer district her body was found floating in a pond the police arrested a tantrik on tuesday for allegedly killing her but the accused claimed she committed suicideaccording to the police the girl went missing on june 22 and villagers told the police she fled with a tantrik called kungaram suthaar 25 the villagers alleged he had hypnotised the girl and they lodged a missing person complaint at sadar police stationlate on monday police found the body of the missing girl in a village pond and on the allegations of the girls family suthaar was arrested however the accused gave a weird reason for the death of the girlthe victims mother was ill and suthaar used to visit her house often during the past couple of months they fell in love but the villagers disapproved of their relationship since he was married so they eloped on june 22 said deputy superintendent of police barmer nazim ali investigating officersuthaar further claimed that after they eloped the wife of the accused committed suicide on june 25 and thats when they returned to the village and in order to save themselves from defamation they decided to commit suicide ali said quoting the accusedsuthaar himself came to us on monday evening and reported the girls drowning he told us that after they decided to commit suicide the girl jumped into the pond but he did not have the courage to follow her ali saidthe family of the deceased has lodged a murder complaint at sadar police station in barmerwe have not ruled out the possibility of murder for it is difficult to believe the accuseds story our team is investigating ali addedmeanwhile the girls family claimed the accused killed the girl since she refused to marry him the accused has been sent to sevenday police remand