Bhawanipatna: The mystery surrounding missing minor boy and girl deepened as their half-burnt bodies were found in Odisha’s Kalahandi district.
As per reports, 17-year-old Sunil Patel and 15-year-old Jemamani Patel of Banjipadar village under Dharamgarh block of the district had gone missing from their respective houses a week back. After failing to trace them, their families had lodged missing cases at Dharamgarh police station at the time.
On Sunday morning, some goatherds had gone to a forest area for grazing of their goats when they spotted the bodies of Sunil and Jemamani in a drain between Sabunivadi and Banjipadar villages. The goatherds rushed back to Banjipadar and informed the villagers.
Later, a team from Dharamgarh police station reached the spot after being informed. They retrieved the bodies which were found to be half burnt.
The police sent the bodies for post-mortem and registered a case after identification of the deceased duo by their families. The cause of death would be known after getting the post-mortem report, the police said.