StatesMadhya Pradesh
MP patwari dies on rail tracks at Pipariya, his two sons found dead in car
Ajay Dhakad, a revenue official from Raisen district, had taken the boys out on Sunday saying they would watch a film. Their bodies were found hours later in a locked car at the station.
Key points
- Patwari Ajay Dhakad died after being hit by the Sanghamitra Express near Pipariya on Sunday afternoon.
- His sons Shivam and Samarth were found dead in a locked car in the station parking about three hours later.
- A first examination found marks on the boys' necks; post-mortem reports are awaited.
A patwari posted in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district died on the railway tracks near Pipariya station in Narmadapuram district on Sunday afternoon, and his two young sons were found dead in a locked car in the station’s parking area a few hours later, police said.
Ajay Dhakad, who worked at Udaipura, allegedly took his own life at about 2:30 pm by stepping in front of the Sanghamitra Express, according to Pipariya Sub-Divisional Officer of Police Ashish Kumar Pawar.
His sons, Shivam and Samarth, students of Classes 6 and 9, were found at about 6 pm. Their uncle, Pratap Singh Dhakad, said Ajay had brought the boys to Pipariya from the family’s village of Aliganj in Bareli, telling the family they were going to watch a film.
Police said the children’s bodies were lying between the seats of the car, covered with a bedsheet. A preliminary examination found marks on their necks consistent with strangulation. Post-mortem reports are awaited and will decide the course of the investigation.
Police said they did not yet know how the children died or why Dhakad took the step. No note has been reported. Railway police and the Pipariya police are examining the car, the family’s account and Dhakad’s movements through the day.
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