Thane, Dec 16 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl, who left her house earlier this month after her mother reprimanded her for spending too much time on mobile phone, was found dead in a creek after nine days in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Monday

The girl resided with her family in Dombivli area here.

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On December 5, her mother asked her not to spend too much time on her mobile phone and rather pay attention to her studies.

The girl, in a fit of anger, later left the house, the official from Vishnu Nagar police station said.

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After failing to find her, her family members filed a missing complaint with the local police the next day.

The police subsequently registered an FIR on charges of kidnapping.

According to the official, the police had also got a message that on December 5, a girl jumped into a creek from Motagaon bridge in Dombivli.

On Saturday afternoon, a body was in the creek and was identified as that of the teenager by her family members, he said.

The body was later sent for postmortem to a government hospital and a case of accidental death was registered, the police said, adding a probe was on into the girl's death.

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