Overview
- Villagers pulled a six-year-old and a four-month-old from a well in Sargidihi, Sambalpur, where doctors declared both children dead on arrival.
- Police identified the mother as Sanju Madiki, who reportedly left home with the children on Friday before they were found in the well near farmland.
- The father, James Madiki, filed a complaint at Mahulapali Police Station, leading to an FIR and the start of the investigation.
- Officers recovered Sanju Madiki’s body hanging in a nearby village on Saturday morning, and they are probing whether she died by suicide.
- Kuchinda SDPO Pradeep Kumar Dash said a detailed probe is underway, with investigators assessing the timeline and local claims about the mother’s mental health.