Nagpur: The hopes of three ‘abducted’ children, aged between four and six, to return home were dashed on Sunday when their bodies were found inside a car parked in the squalid lanes of Farooq Nagar, barely 100 meters from their homes. The bodies were piled on top of each other under the back seat. There were children’s fingerprints on the dust on the rear windows of the car, clearly showing their struggle to attract attention from inside.
Children, taufiq khan (4), his elder sister Aaliya (6) and cousin Afreen Khan (6) were last seen playing in front of their house by Taufiq’s mother on Saturday around 2.30 pm. He also reprimanded the children studying in the local school for throwing pebbles on the road.
Taufiq and his sister Aaliya often worked together with their cousin Afreen, who lives in the vicinity with his father and his stepmother. native of Khan Uttar PradeshHe was living as a tenant in Nagpur and earning his livelihood as a scrap dealer.
The bodies were shifted to Mayo in the presence of forensic experts.
The car, registered with the Jalgaon RTO, owned by someone at Doobi in Mominpura, was parked by the mechanic of a garage owned by one Sohail in Farooq Nagar. The car was standing in front of the powerloom workshop for the last 10 days. The bodies of the three children were found when a female policeman raised an alarm at around 6.20 pm when a strong smell emanated from the parked car.
After scanning CCTV cameras installed across the city, the police realized that there was a strong possibility of the missing children being in the neighbourhood, and therefore started searching houses in the area. Canine squads had visited the area during the day but failed to detect the stench. Workers at the powerloom workshop were also troubled by the strong smell, but assumed it was emanating from a dead and putrefying animal. He said the door of the car was left open and children often played in it.
Police suspect that the victims may have entered the car to play, but could not get out after the door was locked from inside. CP Amitesh Kumar said that a special request has been made to Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Regional Transport Office officials and autopsy teams to conduct the post-mortem immediately. “It is too early to comment on the actual reason behind the deaths. Prima facie it seems that the death is due to suffocation but we will wait for scientific confirmation. Taufiq’s family had approached the Pachpoli police station at around 7.30 pm on Saturday to lodge a missing complaint.
Around 200 policemen were pressed into action in the last 24 hours after a case of kidnapping was registered at Pachpauli police station. The police had to revise their plans after no footage was found on the children’s personal and command-and-control CCTVs. Some local private CCTVs showed the children in the same neighbourhood. Kumar, who was present at the spot, ensured that after examining the bodies in the vehicle, the bodies were shifted to Mayo Hospital in the presence of experts from the Regional Forensic Science Laboratory (RFSL). He also ensured that the bodies and their position in the car were videographed. The car was also inspected by the motor vehicle inspector on the spot. “As of now, we will register a case of accidental death,” said the CP, who was accompanied by Zonal DCP Gorakh Bhamre and DCP Crime Mummaka Sudarshan.
Children, taufiq khan (4), his elder sister Aaliya (6) and cousin Afreen Khan (6) were last seen playing in front of their house by Taufiq’s mother on Saturday around 2.30 pm. He also reprimanded the children studying in the local school for throwing pebbles on the road.
Taufiq and his sister Aaliya often worked together with their cousin Afreen, who lives in the vicinity with his father and his stepmother. native of Khan Uttar PradeshHe was living as a tenant in Nagpur and earning his livelihood as a scrap dealer.
The bodies were shifted to Mayo in the presence of forensic experts.
The car, registered with the Jalgaon RTO, owned by someone at Doobi in Mominpura, was parked by the mechanic of a garage owned by one Sohail in Farooq Nagar. The car was standing in front of the powerloom workshop for the last 10 days. The bodies of the three children were found when a female policeman raised an alarm at around 6.20 pm when a strong smell emanated from the parked car.
After scanning CCTV cameras installed across the city, the police realized that there was a strong possibility of the missing children being in the neighbourhood, and therefore started searching houses in the area. Canine squads had visited the area during the day but failed to detect the stench. Workers at the powerloom workshop were also troubled by the strong smell, but assumed it was emanating from a dead and putrefying animal. He said the door of the car was left open and children often played in it.
Police suspect that the victims may have entered the car to play, but could not get out after the door was locked from inside. CP Amitesh Kumar said that a special request has been made to Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Regional Transport Office officials and autopsy teams to conduct the post-mortem immediately. “It is too early to comment on the actual reason behind the deaths. Prima facie it seems that the death is due to suffocation but we will wait for scientific confirmation. Taufiq’s family had approached the Pachpoli police station at around 7.30 pm on Saturday to lodge a missing complaint.
Around 200 policemen were pressed into action in the last 24 hours after a case of kidnapping was registered at Pachpauli police station. The police had to revise their plans after no footage was found on the children’s personal and command-and-control CCTVs. Some local private CCTVs showed the children in the same neighbourhood. Kumar, who was present at the spot, ensured that after examining the bodies in the vehicle, the bodies were shifted to Mayo Hospital in the presence of experts from the Regional Forensic Science Laboratory (RFSL). He also ensured that the bodies and their position in the car were videographed. The car was also inspected by the motor vehicle inspector on the spot. “As of now, we will register a case of accidental death,” said the CP, who was accompanied by Zonal DCP Gorakh Bhamre and DCP Crime Mummaka Sudarshan.