Five brothers aged 3-7 years found dead in open well

Five brothers, aged between three to seven years were found dead in a open water well at a village in Sendhwa Rural area – 400 km from state capital Bhopal – on Wednesday, reports The New Indian Express. While four of the siblings were born to one mother, the other one aged three years was their stepbrother, say media reports.
 

The villagers spotted the five bodies in the well at around 6 am and immediately raised an alarm, after which the Sendhwa Rural police rushed to the spot and seized the bodies of five minors to be sent for an autopsy.

Coming to know about the incident, Antar Singh Arya, the local BJP MLA and minister in Shivraj Singh Chouhan government rushed to the village.

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