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News of Jan
2 2007
Moninder Pandher: A Disturbed Childhood
By Baldev S. Chauhan
Shimla,
Jan 2
Moninder
Singh Pandher, the businessman accused of sexually assaulting and
killing at least 17 children in Noida, had a disturbed childhood due
to which he began drinking heavily later in life, say those who knew
him here.
"I remember Pandher had a somewhat disturbed childhood on account of
his mother. I also know he began drinking heavily three-four years
ago, which strained his relations with his wife. I suspect he
developed a serious mental sickness in recent years," a classmate of
his here said.
Pandher studied at the elite Bishop Cotton School here from 1963-73
after which he graduated from St. Stephens College in Delhi.
"Moninder was called Goldy Pandher at school. I remember him as a
wonderful chap," said another classmate of Pandher on conditions of
anonymity.
"I have been in touch with him through college and even later. I
last spoke to him about a year ago," he told IANS.
Pandher mostly lived in the house he owned in Noida, a suburban town
of Delhi, where the skeletons of at least 17 children, suspected to
have been killed by him and his servant Surendra, were recovered by
police last week in a case that has shocked the nation.
The numbers could be higher in one of India's most sensational and
gruesome crimes with 38 children reported missing from nearby
Nithari village.
Another schoolmate recalled: "I remember him as a very tolerant
senior boy in school and find it hard to believe he could be a
paedophile and psychopath."
The Bishop Cotton School was founded in 1859 and is one of the
oldest, best known boarding schools of India. Pandher's son, too,
recently passed out from the same school.
After graduating, Pandher inherited a successful family transport
business, which spreads across Delhi, Noida, Chandigarh, Punjab and
Himachal Pradesh.
Pandher's estranged wife Devinder Kaur and son Karan live in
Chandigarh and were also questioned by police Monday.
Pandher was arrested Friday, along with Surendra, who reportedly
confessed to having killed about a dozen children whose remains have
been found in the backyard of their house.
Pandher is said to be severely diabetic and is likely to undergo a
narco-analysis test.
IANS News of Jan
2 2007
Serial Killer's House Ransacked
Serial Killers Derive Sadistic Pleasure: Experts
Police Chief Admits 'Laxity' over Serial
Killings
Skeletons of 17
Children Found, 9 Identified
Children's Killer Preyed on Victims for Two
Years
Police Did Not Act Because We Were Poor
Noida Police Unearth More Skeletons
Crime Against Children On The Rise in India
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