2 cousins found dead in well

Palanpur: Bodies of two cousins, who had left their respective villages on May 31, were found rotting in an old well in Deesa on Friday afternoon. The foul smell emanating from the well led to the recovery of the bodies in Bhopanagar area.
Mamlatdar B D Vankar said that the locals complained about the the unbearable stench. The deceased have been identified as Ranjit Thakor of Sinad village in Radhanpur taluka of Patan district and Ranchhod Thakor from Vav taluka in Banaskantha district.They hadleft Bhabhar village to buy clothes but never returned.
“We suspect the duo were killed and dumped into the unused well. The smell was so unbearable that we could not even pass by,’’ said a villager.
Police have sent the bodies to Dharpur Hospital in Patan for the postmortem. “We are looking into the charges of murder by their relatives,’’ said P V Patel, police-inspector.