Bengaluru: A 30-year-old homemaker and her four-year-old son were burnt to death in their Maruti Ritz car that mysteriously caught fire in the basement of their apartment complex late Friday afternoon at Nallurahalli, near Whitefield, southeast Bengaluru.
Police said Neha Varma and her son Param, residents of B-block, Sumadhura Apartment, drove into the basement around 3.25 pm.
According to the police, the security guards heard a loud noise minutes after the car entered the basement. “They found a car in flames and tried to douse the blaze by pouring water. But the flames kept leaping up. The guards informed the fire and emergency services department. A fire tender managed doused the fire by 4 pm. The mother and son were charred to death,” said a police officer said.
The police said the that no one 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 in the molten front seats. We identified the deceased after confirming who owned the vehicle,” said Sub-Inspector Nagappa.
