The body of a two-year-old boy, Soumya Bhoi, who had been reportedly missing since Monday, was found in a small canal at Mangalpur in Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday.
As per reports, Soumya, son of Kanheyalal Bhoi, had gone to his uncle’s house with his mother on Monday. The child reportedly went missing in the afternoon while he was playing near the house.
His parents and other members of his family started looking out for him in the vicinity of the house in a desperate bid to trace him. When they could not find him, they filed a missing report at the Biridi police station. Subsequently the police launched a hunt for the missing boy.
After two days of search, the body of the toddler was found in a canal near his uncle’s house today.
Meanwhile, the family members of the minor boy are suspecting that the child had been murdered and later the body was dumped in the canal.
The Biridi police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the incident.
“Based on the complaint of the family members we have started an investigation into the incident. Hopefully, the mystery behind the missing and death of the child will be known soon,” said Biridi Police Station IIC Niranjan Mallick.
Earlier on October 20 this year, the body of a minor girl had been recovered from a field in Keonjhar after she went missing for two days.