Bodies of five minor siblings aged between three to seven years were found floating in a well in Chikhli village in Madhya Pradesh’s Barwani district. Parents of the deceased are absconding, an officer said.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Omkar Singh Kalesh said the circumstances under which these children have died are being investigated.
Bodies of the five boys were spotted by villagers in a well in Chikhli village under Sendhwa rural police station. Bharat Singh, 40, who has two wives had some dispute in the family, villagers informed the police.
Four of the children were born to Singh’s first wife Sundari Bai, 36, while one child is from his second wife Anita Bai, 30.
A team of police took out the bodies from the water with the help of villagers and sent them for postmortem. As of now Bharat Singh and his wives are absconding
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