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Bodies of sisters found at Belur Math
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LOCALCORRESPONDENT on 06 March, 2008 03:15:00
 
Police said the bodies of Ria Soi (seven months) and Sia Soi (four months) were
found without any external injury marks. The postmortem report, however, today
said that the children were smothered to death.
According to police, the children’s parents Kanchan and Seema had come to
Anandanagar, Liluah to attend Seema’s niece’s wedding on Monday. The
next morning, Seema reportedly left for home in Chagram in Burdwan with the
children, while her husband stayed back.
Preliminary investigation reveal that Seema was apparently found unconscious
near Chagram bus stop at around 5.00 pm on Wednesday. An hour-and-a-half later,
bodies of children were discovered by ascetics following the evening aarti, who
recovered them the Belurmath reservoir.
The bodies were identified by the children’s maternal uncle Surojit
Mondal, who also added that Seema was carrying Rs 500 and some gold ornaments
when she boarded the train to Chagram from Belur station around 10.30 am on
Wednesday.
When questioned by police, Seema said she couldn’t remember anything of
what had passed since the time she boarded the train.
Neeraj Kumar Singh, Howrah’s Superintendent of Police, said death by
forceful drowning couldn’t be ruled out.  “What is strange is how
did the children reach Belurmath from Burdwan. Obviously, someone had to bring
them by public transport like a train or bus. We are sending a police team to
interrogate the parents.”