Pandher's wife and son questioned

Chandigarh: The Noida police yesterday questioned the family of Moninder Singh Pandher, the main accused in the serial killing of children in Nithari village of Noida, at his house in Sector 27 here.

Pandher's wife Dev-inder Kaur and son Karan were questioned, police told reporters after spending about an hour inside the businessman's palatial bungalow.

They added that a search of the house did not reveal anything connected to the serial killings.

Pandher mostly lived in the house he owned in Noida, a township adjacent to 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.

Pandher has been in police custody since Friday.

His wife had strained relations with Pandher and both were separated, family sources said. She lives here with her son who was educated in Canada.

The Chandigarh police have stationed a 24-hour guard outside Pandher's house.

Bajrang Dal activists had Sunday protested outside the house demanding death to the Noida serial killers.

A policeman whose child has been missing in Chandigarh for the last few months also created a scene outside Pandher's house Monday afternoon.