Overview

• Two siblings—a girl and a boy—were found dead inside an unlocked Hyundai Santro parked in Patna’s Indrapuri area, with one child initially rescued alive but later dying in hospital.
• Police suspect the children became trapped while playing and suffocated, but the mother alleges injury marks and strangulation, prompting a criminal inquiry.
• Authorities have contacted the vehicle owner, questioned a local tutor, and are reviewing CCTV footage as part of the ongoing investigation.
• A Forensic Science Laboratory team collected evidence at the scene and the bodies were sent for postmortem to determine the exact cause of death.
• Discrepancies in reported identities—officials cite a 9-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy while one report named them as 7-year-old Laxmi Kumari and 5-year-old Karan Kumar—highlight reliance on pending forensic results.