_The body of a 15-year-old girl has been recovered from a house in the Irampodai upper shopping area under the Kotmale police division.

The girl was found dead in her room. Kotmale police said that the girl's family went to the scene of the incident after giving information through the emergency number 119 at 4 am yesterday.

Following this, the body was brought to the notice of the Elpodai Magistrate and the body was sent to the Nawalapitiya Hospital last evening after the inquest. An autopsy will be conducted this morning on whether the girl's death was a homicide or a suicide.