Pune teen murder: Grandfather blames Delhi police's delayed action

Had the Delhi police acted in time my grandson would have been alive I kept asking them to help me and rescue my innocent grandson But because of their delay in action I have lost my grandson He was the sole ray of hope for whom I was alive said Joseph John 75 the grandfather of 16yearold Nicholas JohnLoyal who was allegedly murdered by his mother and her livein partner Yunus Nicholasrsquo body was found on Sunday buried under the floor of the house where he stayed with his mother and her boyfriend in PuneRead Story Monster mom kills son with help of lover buries body under bedroom floorThe body was found in this spot under the bedroom floorThe post mortem on Sunday at Common Hospital mentions that Nicholas was killed two months backJohn who arrived in Pune along with New Delhi police on Sunday was shocked to see his grandsonrsquos decomposed dead body Nicholas a student of Std IX stayed with John his maternal grandfather in Tigri area in New Delhi On September 2 2015 he left early to play cricket but did not return John filed a kidnapping case with New Delhi police But a month later Nicholas called his grandfather and said he was in PuneNicholasrsquo grandfather Joseph John said he had called him and asked him to take him backOn Monday Nicholasrsquo last rites were performed at Fatima Nagar Speaking to midday John said I am really ashamed that I am the father of Varita my youngest daughter She is the mother of three children Aanush 17 who is in Std X Nicholas 16 and Priya 15 who is in Std VIII 15 years back Varita divorced and began staying with me She worked with a lawyer and five years back she started to livein with many partners I did not want her children to suffer so I took in Nicholas while my other two daughters took care of her other two children He claimed Varita met Yunus in a lawyerrsquos chamber and he was involved in a criminal caseAlso Read Monster mom beats 13yearold to death with a cricket batJohn said after the first call in October Nicholas called again in November via a friendrsquos phone and was weeping He asked John to take him back but did not know the address John said In October Nicholas had told me that he was lured by Varita with a remote controlled car From October I was following up with New Delhi police but my pleas fell on deaf ears Later during Christmas Yunus came to my house and claimed that Nicholas committed suicide I could not digest the fact John added that after this he kept going to the police but they did not pay attention to him I threatened to kill myself before police if they did not help meHe added I knew my grandson well He could not have ended his life He had told me that Varita treated him badly and Yunus beat him and made him work like a slave He was working with Yunus I used to get a dream in which Nicholas used to cry and tell me to rescue him He would say I am there in the house I recalled that and asked police to probe the house We broke the house lock and found some tiles in the bedroom floor seemed to be different The police dug some three feet and found a decomposed dead body I identified him based on the jacket that I had given himPolicespeakInspector Ravindra Mohite incharge of Hadapsar police station said The post mortem was conducted at Command Hospital in Pune The grandfather identified the dead body As per the preliminary report the death took place between December 2829 2015 The duo are on the run since then Even the landlord contacted Yunus in January for rent and to renew his police verification documents Yunus claimed that he had to go with his family to attend a relativersquos funeral Mohite added DNA samples have been collected from the deceasedrsquos elder brother for further process