15 yr old boy from Delhi killed by mother and her lover in Pune, buried in home

Pune, February 8: In a shocking incident, decomposed body of a 15-year-old boy  was found buried in the house of his mother’s paramour in Fursungi near Hadapsar, about 15 km from Pune, on Sunday morning.

Delhi and Pune police are searching for his mother Varita alias Ritu alias Ayesha Rahemat Ali (40) and her lover Yunis alias Rahemat Ali Khan (33), a native of Mumbai, who resided on rent in Bendwadi locality of Fursungi. They are on the run since December last year.

The deceased boy has been identified as Nicolas alias Nikku, a resident of Delhi. Police suspect that he was killed as he may been obstacle in his mother’s extra marital affairs.

Police said that Varita has got divorce from her husband and was allegedly having affair with Ali for the last 10-12 years. Ali works with a fabrication shop and had known since before her marriage.

Earlier on September 2, 2015, Nicolas’s grandfather Joseph John had lodged his missing complaint with Neb Sarai police station in south district of Delhi, after he did not return when he left home for playing cricket. However after 2-3 days, he received a call from his daughter Ritu that she has come to Pune with Nicolas. She also made Nicolas talk to him. Therefore, Delhi police did not pursue the case seriously then, even though a kidnapping case was registered. Nicolas lived with his grandfather since childhood.

Police officials said that Nicolas was studied in class ninth but here he was made to drop out of school and made to do household chores. When Joseph learnt about it, he asked Ritu to bring him back to Delhi. Ritu assured him that they will return for Christmas celebration. However a day before Christmas on December 24 Ali called Joseph to inform that Nicolas had allegedly committed suicide and they went absconding. Joseph immediately alerted Delhi Police but Ali and Ritu but could not be found.

Police reached Ali’s friend whose number Nicolas had used to call his grandfather few days before his mother. This friend helped locate the rented room in Fursungi on Saturday night.

On Sunday morning, a team comprising Naib Tehsildar Sameer Yadav, ACP (Wanowrie division) Ravindra Rasal, senior police inspector Rajendra Mohite, and officials from Delhi police, doctors from Command Hospital and panch witnesses reached the house and broke open the door. Everything was at its place and some more scanning revealed that the boy was buried under the floor below the bed. The accused had removed the floor tiles and dug trench measuring six feet by three feet, kept the body and covered it with stones and earth before leveling the floor. The body was highly decomposed.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone IV) Dr Sudhir Hiremath, under whose jurisdiction Fursungi is situated, said, “The cause of the death will be ascertained after getting the post mortem report. Investigations are on to nab Ritu and Ali. We have charged them for offences under sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence), 363 (kidnapping) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.”

Police Inspector (crime) Anjum Bagwan of Hadapsar police station where the FIR has been registered, is further investigating the case.