The bodies were buried eight to 10 feet deep into the ground. (Photo: India Today)
Skeletons of five persons of a family who were missing since May 13 were exhumed from an agricultural field in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district on Tuesday.
All five were murdered by strangulation and dumped in a 10-foot-deep pit that was dug in advance. Police had to employ a JCB machine to dig out the bodies.
Mamta Bai Kaste (45), her daughters Rupali (21) and Divya (14) along with relatives Puja Oswal (15) and Pawan Oswal (14) had gone missing from their home in Nemawar town and a report was also filed, after which an investigation was launched to trace them, said Additional Superintendent of Police Suryakant Sharma.