Kendrapada: The body of a 21-year-old college girl was found on Saturday with her throat slit at a village in Kendrapada district. Police suspect she was raped and murdered.The woman was missing since Friday evening and his family had launched a search. On Saturday, when search was underway in the village and its nearby areas, her body was found in a water-filled ditch near the village. The body was first spotted by some locals on Saturday morning, who subsequently alerted the police. “We seized a blood-stained knife near the ditch. A forensic team and dog squad also inspected the spot,” said Marshaghai police station inspector in-charge Tapan Nayak.Police suspect that the girl was raped and murdered . The body has been sent to the district govt headquarters hospital at Kendrapada for autopsy. After getting the autopsy report, we will know the exact reasons for her death. Police are also examining nearby CCTV footage for cluesThe victim was studying Plus-III arts. Senior police officers have been camping at the spot since Saturday morning to investigate the case. Police have registered a case under Sections 103 (murder) and 238 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence of BNS in this case. “Nobody has been arrested in this case,” added the police officer.