Thieves strip Nithari horror house of fans, airconditioners, TVs
Nearly 12 years have passed since the morning human skeletons were found in a drain outside a two-storey bungalow near Noida’s Nithari village.
The nation watched in horror as over a dozen skeletons were unearthed one after the other in the weeks that followed, revealing gruesome details of what transpired inside the house for months. Moninder Singh Pander, the bungalow’s owner, and his household help Surender Koli were arrested for the sexual assault and murder of 19 children inside the bungalow. Investigative agencies claimed some of the children were cooked and eaten by Koli.
The case became infamous as the 2006 Nithari killings.
In government records, the bungalow was sealed by the Uttar Pradesh police since 2006. But today, the “sealed” house stands ransacked and laid bare.
The bungalow’s main gate was stolen sometime last year. The theft went undetected as thick undergrowth has taken over both the floors of the house. An inside gate on the ground floor of the bungalow, too, has been missing for years, say residents.
Children are seen playing outside, but none of them dares enter for fear of the “ghosts of the children that haunt the house.”
Unlocked yet unvisited, the bungalow stands aloof and desolate — a rare sight in Noida where property rates are soaring as high as the buildings.
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