Kottayam: Human bones and a skull, estimated to be only a few months old, were found on an isolated, overgrown property near the Medical College Higher Secondary School at Arpookkara.

The skull was first spotted on Friday evening by a group of children playing football, who came across it while searching for their ball in the bushes. A subsequent police search uncovered several other bones, along with a plastic bottle and a piece of cloth.

The remains were found scattered across the site during a search led by Gandhinagar SHO T Sreejith and Sub-Inspector N Jayaprakash, in the presence of Tehsildar S N Anil Kumar. Police Surgeon Dr K Rohit and a police scientific officer also visited the scene. Following an inquest, the bones and skull were taken to the morgue of the Medical College Hospital for further examination.