SUNDARGARH (ODISHA): The Odisha police on Monday recovered highly decomposed bodies of five members of a family from a closed house at Kulda under Hemgir police limits in the Sudargarh district under mysterious circumstances. As per reports, labour contractor Ramayan Prasad Sharma, 50, his wife Mili, 42, two daughters – Sanju, 17, and Anju, 10 – and son Rabindra, 16, were found dead at a house T-26 in MCL staff colony quarters.
The neighbours informed higher officials of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) after they sniffed foul odour emanating from the house following which police was informed. A team of local police personnel led by Sundargarh SP, Pinak Mishra in the presence of a magistrate broke open the door to find the bodies lying inside the house. Scientific team was also pressed into service to aid in the investigation. The neighbours had seen them on Friday last.
Sharma was supplying manpower to MCL’s coal mine. Preliminary investigations indicate that the family members might have died due to carbon monoxide poisoning as they were using generators in the house. The police is investigating into other angles to unravel the cause of death. The bodies were sent for inquest to ascertain the cause of deaths.
