The parents of the Vasai wrench killer told Valiv police that Rohit Yadav alias Rohit Pal, 29, is “dead” to them as he never visited them after he left home in Ghaziabad almost 14 years ago. “His parents are labourers living in a village in Ghaziabad (bordering Haryana). They told us Rohit left home almost 14 years ago and never returned,” said Senior Inspector Jairaj Ranaware of Valiv police station.

Rohit`s father Ramnivas Pal told a visiting team of Valiv police that he does not remember if he ever registered a missing person complaint at any police station in Ghaziabad to trace Rohit, who abruptly left home when he was around 15 years old. Asked about how Rohit`s parents reacted after learning he had brutally killed a girl in broad daylight, Ranaware said, “His parents told us that he is dead for them as he never visited them in the last 14 years. They said they snapped all ties with Rohit after he left home.”