Jaisalmer: Tension gripped Jaisalmer’s Mohangarh police station area Monday after remains of a child’s body were found. Mohangarh police arrived at the scene and summoned the forensic team. The remains were quite old and scattered, suggesting that the body was eaten by animals. The police are carrying out a detailed investigation into the incident.From the clothes found at the site, the body was identified as that of 8-year-old Suraj Meghwal, son of Gumanaram, who disappeared from home 11 days ago. The family identified the body. The remains have been sent for FSL analysis and DNA testing. The medical board will conduct a post-mortem before the remains are handed over to the family.Mohangarh station officer Nathu Singh stated that Gumanaram Meghwal’s son, a resident of Mandha village, went missing on the morning of May 23 while playing outside his maternal grandparents’ home in Mohangarh. Despite extensive search, the child was not found, and a missing person report was filed at Mohangarh police station on May 24. The family informed the police that the child was mentally challenged and could neither speak nor hear. The police registered a missing person case and began an active search.The SHO reported that Monday afternoon, information was received about the discovery of the child’s skeletal remains, along with clothes, in the forest three kilometres from Mohangarh. Officer Nathu Singh and his team proceeded to the site and took possession of the child’s clothes and scattered remains, which appeared to have been bitten by animals. Suspecting the remains and clothes to be those of the missing 8-year-old, the family was called to the spot, where they identified Suraj. The police have stated that the FSL team will conduct DNA testing, and a post-mortem will be performed by the medical board before handing over the remains to the family.
