A 35-year-old woman of Chalkari basti in Bermo, missing since the small hours of July 30, was found dead in a coal pit near her home on Friday morning, prompting family members to cry murder although police suspect drowning.
The body of Bavita Devi (35), wife of Basudeo Nayak, was spotted in a coal pit near Bermo Railway Station around 8 am and was fished out by police two hours later. The woman had no any injury marks on her body.
Police have sent the body to Tenughat sub divisional hospital for post-mortem.
According to family members, Babita had left her house for toilet nearby field on July 30 in an evening. She did not return, triggering a search throughout the day and a written complaint at Bermo police station on Thursday evening.
Sources said a local, near Bermo railway station, was the first to see the floating body and inform the police. A team retrieved the body around 10 am.