Bengaluru, Feb 3: A 30-year-old woman and her four-year-old son were burnt to death inside a Maruti Ritz car in Bengaluru on Friday.
The local residents found the dead bodies of Neha Verma (30 and Param(4) after dousing the fire that had engulfed the car in the basement of their apartment complex at Nallurahalli, near Whitefield.
Police said the mom and son drove into the basement of Sumadhura Apartment around 3.25 pm. Shortly after that, security guards heard a blast. When they ran to the parking area, they saw the car engulfed in flames. They, however, did not realise that the two were trapped inside.
“The flames kept leaping up. The guards informed the fire and emergency services department. A fire tender doused the fire by 4pm. The mother and son were charred to death," DCP (Whitefield) Abdul Ahad said.
He said nobody knew Neha and Param were in the car (KA-53-P-644) until the fire was put out completely. "We were shocked to see two bodies on the molten front seats. We identified the deceased after confirming who owned the vehicle," said Nagappa, subinspector, Whitefield, one of the first to reach the spot.
Kamal, a security guard in the apartment, told police he heard a thud from the basement and saw smoke. Fire brigade officials said they received a call at 3.28pm and rushed a fire tender to the spot. Police said the screams of the mother and son may have gone unheard as the windows had been raised.
Neha was from Indore and married to startup entrepreneur Rajesh Kumar, who runs road trip platform Highway-Delite, from Diamond District, Old Airport Road. Rajesh hails from Belagavi. The couple had been staying in the apartment for four years and Param was their only child.
"We're yet to find out where Neha and Param had gone before returning home," a police officer said. Police and fire department officials said: "We have no clue about the cause of the fire."
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