"We had a tip off that five bodies were buried at the spot. We along with a team of CRPF and CBI went there and found the bodies, but cannot dig them out without a magistrate's order," Midnapore (East) Superintendent of Police S S Panda said.

He said the bodies found in the trench in a field covered with bushes were half-burnt and mutilated.

"We are waiting for the magistrate's order and once it comes we will exhume the bodies and send them for post mortem," Panda said.

The SP was not sure about the identity of the bodies.

"Five people died while making bombs on October 28. These might be the bodies of them or it might be the bodies of those persons killed in disturbances on November 6," Panda said.

"We can say everything once the post mortem report comes in," Panda said.