Wardha, May 3

The decomposed bodies of a woman and her daughter, both COVID-19 patients, were found in a home in Samudrapur tehsil of Maharashtra's Wardha district, police said on Monday.

The mother and daughter, 80 and 45 years of age respectively, were living in a house in Sawangi village separately from the rest of the family, a Samudrapur police station official said.

"The elderly woman's daughter-in-law came for visit on Sunday and found a strong odour emanating from the home and alerted others. The police sent the bodies for post mortem to ascertain the cause of death," said deputy sarpanch Ajay Kude.

PTI