A chilling discovery in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district has left the community in shock. In the Tendukheda police station area, the bodies of a 35-year-old woman and her three-month-old infant were found floating in a well on Saturday morning. The gruesome find, spotted by municipal corporation sanitation workers in Ward No. 1, has sparked a frantic police investigation to determine if it was a tragic accident or a deliberate act of suicide.
The workers immediately alerted authorities after noticing the bodies while performing their routine duties. Police rushed to the scene, led by SDOP Archana Ahir and Station House Officer Ravendra Bagri. With the help of municipal staff, they retrieved the remains and conducted a preliminary inquest before sending them for postmortem examination. The woman has been identified as Jayanti, wife of Durga Kevat from Jharoli village. Her three-month-old son, Devansh, was with her.
According to relatives, Jayanti had come to attend her brother’s 13th-day ritual. She went missing around 2 a.m. that night. Family members searched desperately but found no trace until the bodies surfaced in the well hours later. Her husband works as a daily wage laborer. Adding layers to the mystery, Jayanti had been battling illness for the past five years, and tragically, two of her other children had passed away previously.
Police are probing all angles, including possible foul play, mental health issues, or an unfortunate mishap. The postmortem report is awaited to shed light on the cause of death. Tendukheda residents are reeling from the incident, with whispers of despair and unanswered questions hanging over the village. Authorities urge anyone with information to come forward as the investigation intensifies.
