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Photos: 2006 Nithari horror house stands hollowed out, in ruin

In the infamous 2006 Nithari case, Moninder Singh Pander, the owner and household help Surender Koli were arrested for the sexual assault and murder of 19 children inside a bungalow as skeletons were unearthed one after the other. Last week for the first time in 12 years, HT correspondent Prawesh Lama and photographer Burhaan Kinu entered the building and found a house hollowed out. The sealed bungalow since 2006, today stands ransacked and with almost every valuable item missing. With stories of the house being haunted, nobody wants to enter apart from thieves and drug addicts.

Updated on: Sep 25, 2018 11:58 AM IST

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A view inside the bungalow where 12 years ago human skeletons were found in Noida’s Nithari village. Today, it stands desolate and ransacked following years of neglect. The owner Moninder Singh Pander and household help Surender Koli were arrested for the sexual assault and murder of 19 children inside. The case became infamous as the 2006 Nithari killings. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:58 AM

A view inside the bungalow where 12 years ago human skeletons were found in Noida’s Nithari village. Today, it stands desolate and ransacked following years of neglect. The owner Moninder Singh Pander and household help Surender Koli were arrested for the sexual assault and murder of 19 children inside. The case became infamous as the 2006 Nithari killings. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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In government records, the bungalow is sealed by the Uttar Pradesh police since 2006. But today, the “sealed” house has almost every other item inside missing. 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. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:58 AM

In government records, the bungalow is sealed by the Uttar Pradesh police since 2006. But today, the “sealed” house has almost every other item inside missing. 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. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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Today the bungalow stands aloof and desolate — a rare sight in Noida where property rates are soaring as high as the buildings. The house has nothing but empty beer bottles, a 2006 calendar, torn clothes, burnt furniture, yellowing photographs and the stench of a place abandoned for over a decade. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:58 AM

Today the bungalow stands aloof and desolate — a rare sight in Noida where property rates are soaring as high as the buildings. The house has nothing but empty beer bottles, a 2006 calendar, torn clothes, burnt furniture, yellowing photographs and the stench of a place abandoned for over a decade. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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The bungalow has been stripped of every valuable item; empty holes remain where air-conditioners once were, gone are the television sets, fans, clothes and chandeliers. Even the bathtub is missing. A neighbour told that UP Police barricades around the house have also been stolen. Nobody enters the house apart from thieves and drug addicts; there was even a fire in 2014. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:58 AM

The bungalow has been stripped of every valuable item; empty holes remain where air-conditioners once were, gone are the television sets, fans, clothes and chandeliers. Even the bathtub is missing. A neighbour told that UP Police barricades around the house have also been stolen. Nobody enters the house apart from thieves and drug addicts; there was even a fire in 2014. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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The kitchen where investigators believe Koli chopped the bodies still has a few utensils and small jars of pulses, turmeric, and pepper among other items. The calendar on the wall is of December 2006 — the month the killings came to light. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:58 AM

The kitchen where investigators believe Koli chopped the bodies still has a few utensils and small jars of pulses, turmeric, and pepper among other items. The calendar on the wall is of December 2006 — the month the killings came to light. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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On the floor there are undergarments and a child-sized left shoe – possibly belonging to one of the children killed inside. There is a bed with most of its wood missing, no mattress or clothes in sight. The lockers are empty — its wood missing too. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:58 AM

On the floor there are undergarments and a child-sized left shoe – possibly belonging to one of the children killed inside. There is a bed with most of its wood missing, no mattress or clothes in sight. The lockers are empty — its wood missing too. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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A Toyota Corolla parked in the garage is barely recognisable under years of dirt and rust with plants growing inside. Pander’s son Karan said the family has approached court and police seeking the keys to the bungalow. The court had asked the district magistrate to reply on the family’s claim, to which the district magistrate said that there would be a law and order problem if they give it back. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:58 AM

A Toyota Corolla parked in the garage is barely recognisable under years of dirt and rust with plants growing inside. Pander’s son Karan said the family has approached court and police seeking the keys to the bungalow. The court had asked the district magistrate to reply on the family’s claim, to which the district magistrate said that there would be a law and order problem if they give it back. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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Most locals say the house is jinxed. Dilip who lives in Nithari village said that no one will buy this house, the locals are still angry and they will never let the Panders return. Most children here have grown hearing only stories about Pander and Koli. “We don’t want their shadows anywhere near our children,” Dilip added. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:58 AM

Most locals say the house is jinxed. Dilip who lives in Nithari village said that no one will buy this house, the locals are still angry and they will never let the Panders return. Most children here have grown hearing only stories about Pander and Koli. “We don’t want their shadows anywhere near our children,” Dilip added. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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A house of horrors, a house of ruins, a police case property or a haunted house --one could choose how to describe the bungalow, but Karan says he still calls it home-- one his father built brick-by-brick. “Yes the government has not returned our house. I don’t even know what it’s worth anymore. I don’t even care. I have bigger worries. I have a father who has been framed and has been in jail for 12 years.” (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:58 AM

A house of horrors, a house of ruins, a police case property or a haunted house --one could choose how to describe the bungalow, but Karan says he still calls it home-- one his father built brick-by-brick. “Yes the government has not returned our house. I don’t even know what it’s worth anymore. I don’t even care. I have bigger worries. I have a father who has been framed and has been in jail for 12 years.” (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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