The police early on Saturday morning found five dead bodies in a car parked on the highway near Khedli village falling under the Bilkisganj police station in Sehore district near Bhopal. Prima facie this appears to be a case of brutal murder of all members of a family from Khedli village.
When contacted, Bilkisganj police station TI K.K. Bhargava told this newspaper that a police team, which went to the spot near Khedli village at 7 am Saturday morning, found five dead bodies in the car.
The villagers have identified the deceased as Deep Singh Malviya (35), his wife and two children (aged 5 years and 4 years) — all residents of Khedli village. The fifth dead body could not be identified.
The police has sent the dead bodies for post-mortem and the murder angle is being investigated.