For months, between 2005 and 2006, Noida's Nithari, barely an hour away from Delhi , saw several women and children vanishing one after another. A probe revealed a macabre tale involving skeletal remains in drains and allegations of rape, murder and necrophilia. It led to bungalow D-5 in Nithari, and both its occupants - homeowner Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surinder Koli - were arrested. However, both have now been acquitted, leaving a single unanswered question: Who killed the children?

Pandher, a businessman, saw his life turn topsy-turvy after he was arrested and spent nearly 17 years in jail after being acquitted in all cases against him in 2023. Now, in an exclusive interview with India Today, Pandher has bared all on the mystery, the missing children, the behav

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