Three missing children found dead inside car in Maharashtra's Nagpur; police suspect suffocation as cause of death

The three children went missing from Farooq Nagar area in Pachpawali police station limits on Saturday night were found in a damaged car in the area on Sunday night

Nagpur: Police on Monday said that the three minor children who were found dead inside a car last night a day after they went missing in Farooq Nagar area of Nagpur in Mahrashtra, may have died of suffocation. The bodies of three children who went missing from Farooq Nagar in Pachpawali police station limits on Saturday night were found in a damaged car in the area on Sunday night.

City Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar while divulging further details over the deaths said that preliminary investigation has pointed to the death of all the three children due to suffocation. Kumar said that the preliminary post-mortem report of the deceased has not revealed any injury or other marks on the bodies.

Accordingly, a case of accidental death has been registered into the incident, the City Police Commissioner said. Police said that the three children went missing on Saturday afternoon. A complaint was lodged at the Pachpavali police station at around 7 pm in the evening. Accordingly, a massive search operation was launched by the police to trace the missing children.

Thousands of CCTV footages were examined by the police. As the CCTV footages confirmed that the missing children have not left the area, a combing operation was intensified in the area on Sunday. Police finally stumbled on an old damaged car from which the bodies of the missing children were recovered.

Prima facie investigation has revealed that the children may have entered the car for the purpose of playing. The children were trapped inside the car whose door could be opened from the outside, but not from the inside, police said. It is believed that the three children died inside the car due to suffocation.

Police have received the preliminary post-mortem report which has ruled out physical injuries. The Nagpur Police is awaiting the final post-mortem report for further investigation of the matter.