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2006 Noida serial murders

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The 2006 Noida serial murder investigation began in December 2006 when the skulls and bones of a number of missing children were discovered in the village of Nithari on the outskirts of Noida City [1], a planned industrial township in Uttar Pradesh near New Delhi. A rich and politically connected Punjabi businessman, Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant and aide Surender Koli, had been apprehended on the suspicion of murder of a call girl, by the Delhi Police on December 26, 2007. A case has been registered against the two under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including rape, murder, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy.[2]

File:Noidasnapmarketplace.jpg
A view of a Noida public place

Events before investigation

The anxious and worried parents of the children who had went missing in the last two years rushed to the Nithari village as word spread that the skeletal remains of eight children had been found in a sewer behind the house of a factory owner.[3] Surender alias Satish later confessed killing six children and the 20 year-old Payal after having sexually assaulted them.

The residents alleged that the police were corrupt and involved with the rich people. Demands were put across for an independent probe into the matter. One of the residents even claimed that the police were claiming credit for discovering the bodies when it was the residents who dug them up. They also put forward a possibility of an organ trade scandal. The police denied having found fifteen bodies. They reiterated that they had discovered skulls, bones and other body parts and said that they were unable to give a figure for the number of victims. The victims' identities and number could only be established with DNA tests.[3] The police then sealed the house and did not allow mediapersons anywhere near the scene of crime.

The Central government tried to ascertain the facts behind the discovery of the skeletal remains of children and whether it had "inter-state ramifications. Law and order is a state's subject but the Home ministry asked for details about the magnitude of the crime.[4]

It was later revealed by the media that the prime accused in this case, Moninder Singh had been picked up by the police on December 26 and his aide on December 27 in connection with the disappearance of a prostitute named Payal. And it was after Surinder confessed, the police claimed to have started digging up the nearby land area and discovered the children's bodies.[5]

Two policemen were suspended on December 31, 2006 in connection with the serial murders of children in Noida as angry residents charged the house of the alleged mastermind. The policemen were suspended for dereliction of duty in the wake of the allegations by the locals that the cops had refused to take any action when they were informed about a number of children missing in this industrial township.[6]

References

  1. ^ Sinha, Varun (2006-12-29). "'We first fished out remains from drain'". Indian Express. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  2. ^ "Noida serial killing accused given 2 days' custody". Rediff News. 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  3. ^ a b Singh, Onkar (2006-12-29). "Noida: Parents of missing children anxious". Rediff News. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  4. ^ "'Do skeleton recoveries have inter-state ramifications?'". Rediff News. 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  5. ^ "Moninder, his cook were with Noida police before the remains were found". Indian Express. 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
  6. ^ Sagar Kulkarni (2006-12-31). "Noida serial killings: 2 cops suspended" (HTML). Rediff News. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
 

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