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TheTimesofIndiaTitle:NithariII?Manconfessestoabusing,killing16kidsAuthor:RajShekharLocation:NewDelhi:ArticleDate:07/19/2015
A24yearoldmanarrestedforrapingandmurderingasixyearoldgirlinBegampurinnorthwestDelhionJuly14hasconfessedtosexuallyassaultingandkillingatleast15otherchildren,boysandgirls,since2009.
RavinderKumar,whowasnabbedonFriday,toldpoliceheabductedchildrenafterluringthemwithtoffeesormoney,tookthemtoanisolatedspot,rapedthemandstrangledthemtodeath.Hedumpedthebodiesindrainsorfieldsorburiedthem.
Withlittleinformationathandaboutthevictims,policewereabletoestablishKumar'sinvolvementinonlysixsuchdeaths.WhiletwoofthevictimswerefromBegampur,onecaseeachwasunearthedinKanjhawala,SamaipurBadli,MundkaandVijayVihar.
PoliceteamsarelookingintosimilarinstancesinNoida,AligarhandBadauninUttarPradesh.
Kumar'scrimesrevivedhorrificmemoriesoftheNitharimurdersof2005and2006inNoida,whereseveralyounggirlsreportedmissingwerefoundtohavebeenabducted,assaultedandmurderedbySurinderKoli,ahelpinabusinessman'shouse.Koliwasawardeddeathsentencewhichhasbeencommutedtolife.Manyofthecasesremainunsolved.Kumar'snamesurfacedwhenpolicewereprobingthedisappearanceofasixyearoldgirl.AnFIRonchargesofabductionwasfiled.Thebodyofthegirlwasfoundinahalfconstructedthreestoreybuilding50mfromherhouse,DCP(outer)VikramjeetSinghsaid.Shehadbeenrapedandstrangled.AnFIRunderIPCsectionsofrape,sexualassault,sodomy,murderanddestructionofevidenceandsection6oftheProtectionofChildrenfromSexualOffencesActwasregistered.
AsearchofthesitethrewupsomepapersandadrivinglicencebelongingtoamannamedSunny.PolicefoundSunnyinahospital.SunnysaidhisfriendRavinder,hisbrotherSunilandathirdfriendassaultedhimafewdaysagoandtookhisbike,licenceandcash.Sunnymanagedtoescape,theDCPsaid.
Piecingtogethertheclues,policeconcludedthatatleastoneofSunny'sattackerswasbehindthesixyearold'sdeath.Kumar'srecordsrevealedhehadbeenarrestedearlierforassaultingaminorboyinBegampurlastyearandgrantedbaillater.Within24hours,KumarwasarrestedfromOuterDelhi.
Aspolicequestionedhimaboutthemurders,Kumarbrokedownandconfessedtohavingassaultedandmurderedmanymorechildren.
Heabductedtheboynearhishouseafterluringhimwithmoney.Heescapedafterstranglingtheboyandslittinghisthroat,assumingthathethedied.However,thechildwassavedascopsfoundhimbleedingintheseptictankofanunderconstructionbuildinginBegampur.Kumarwassubsequentlyarrested.Inthesameyear,hetargetedathreeyearoldgirlinSamaipurBadli,aseniorpoliceofficersaid.
PolicehavealsofoundhimtobeinvolvedintheassaultandmurderofagirlinKanjhawalain2011andanothercase,thedetailsofwhicharebeingascertained,in2010inMundka.HehadalsotargetedanotherboyinVijayViharin2009.HavingworkedasadriverinNoida,Kumarissuspectedofseveralsuch
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attacksinBadaun,hisnativeplace,NoidaandAligarhwherehewasstayingwithrelatives.Policearestillverifyingandcorroboratingthedetails.
DCP(outer)Singhsaidaspecialteamhadbeenformedtoprobethecases.Weareverifyingallhisclaims.TheconnectedFIRsandfamiliesarebeingidentified.Hehasconfessedtohavingtargetedatleast15children,hesaid.