The Jaipur police have recovered five bodies from a well in Dudu block near Jaipur on Saturday.
The bodies are of three women and two children. Incidentally, the women were sisters who were married in the same family as children. What has caused further concern is that two of the sisters were also full-term pregnant.
They were missing for the last two days and had left home on the pretext of going to a market on May 25, the police said. After they failed to return, the family members put up ‘missing’ posters at different locations and lodged a ‘missing’ complaint with the police.
The deceased sisters were identified as Kalu Devi (27), Mamta (23), Kamlesh (20); one of the deceased children was 4 years old and the other one just 27 days old.
‘‘The case looks like one of suicide but we are investing it from all angles,’’ the police said. Allegations of foul play have also emanated from a section of the family.
A relative of the deceased sisters, Hemraj Meena, has alleged that they were victims of domestic abuse and were being harassed by in-laws for dowry. He also alleged that the police had not acted in time on their complaint.
According to one media portal, Kalu Devi had to be hospitalised for 15 days after she was allegedly thrashed by her in-laws. She had reportedly sustained eye injuries and had just gotten back from the hospital.
According to India Today’s news portal, the three sisters were married off as children in 2003. The youngest sister was barely one-year-old at the time. But the three women wanted to earn their living and studied hard for it. Mamta had cleared the examination of police constable; Kalu was studying in BA final year, and the youngest sister, Kamlesh, was enrolled in a Central University.
