They say reality is stranger than fiction, and when you see cases like Nithari, you know that the statement holds all the truth in the world. The case was laced with blood and the smell of human flesh. It was a human act that reeked of satanic fumes.

In 2006, the whole nation was shocked when the real story of cannibalism from Sector 36 , Noida came out. For the unversed, the Nithari case , also known as the Nithari serial killings, involved the disappearance, sexual assault, and murder of children and young women in the Nithari village of Noida, Uttar Pradesh. In 2005 and through 2006, it was noticed that many children and young women were disappearing from mostly poor families in Nithari.

Though the families tried to file an official report, no one paid much attention to the case initially. However, in 2006 this case took a massive turn when human skeletal remains were found in House D-5 in Nithari. This house belonged to a wealthy businessman - Moninder Singh Pandher , and Vikrant Massey ’s latest project - ‘Sector 36’ chronicles the incidents of this gruesome crime.

Who is Moninder Singh Pandher? (trigger warning: mention of cannibalism ahead) As the investigation unfolded in the Nithari case, Moninder Singh Pandher was labeled as the co-accused. However, for many, he was the main man behind the killings, and the heinous crimes took place under his roof, his luxurious Noida house. Moninder Singh Pandher owned the D-5 bungalow in Noida’s Sector 31, the place where .