<p>A 30-year-old woman and her 4-year-old son were charred to death in their car in the basement parking lot of their apartment complex in Whitefield.</p>.<p>The deceased are Neha Verma and her son Param, residents of Nallurahalli in Whitefield.</p>.<p>Neha was a homemaker and wife of Rajesh, a businessman. The family lived at the Sumadhura Apartment in Nallurahalli and Rajesh's office was at Diamond District in Domlur, the police said.</p>.<p>CCTV footage showed the car that was parked in its regular slot suddenly go up in flames like in a blast after smoke emanated from the bonnet.</p>.<p>The incident, according to the CCTV data, occurred at 3.40 pm and the car was engulfed in fire within minutes. The car was a 2009 model Maruti Ritz.</p>.<p>The security guards and residents who rushed to the basement after hearing the blast assumed that there was no one in the car.</p>.<p>Only after the Fire and Emergency Services rushed to the spot and doused the fire did they realise that the woman and her son were charred in the vehicle.</p>.<p>Neha was in the driver's seat while Param was on the seat next to her. Neha's body was burnt beyond recognition, fire officials said.</p>.<p>"We received a call from one Kamal at 3.55 pm and within seven minutes, we covered the seven-kilometre stretch to reach the spot. But by the time we arrived, the entire car was already burnt," district fire officer Revanna Sidappa Putti told DH.</p>.<p>According to the police, Neha and Param had gone out while Rajesh was at work. The mother-son duo had returned to the apartment around 3.30 pm and had parked the car when it caught fire.</p>.<p>Four security guards and many residents rushed towards the car to put out the fire, but in vain. Around 190 families live in the apartment complex.</p>.<p>The Fire and Emergency Service personnel and the police are puzzled over the cause of the fire.</p>.<p>Experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) visited the spot and collected samples.</p>.<p>A case has been registered at the Whitefield police station.</p>
<p>A 30-year-old woman and her 4-year-old son were charred to death in their car in the basement parking lot of their apartment complex in Whitefield.</p>.<p>The deceased are Neha Verma and her son Param, residents of Nallurahalli in Whitefield.</p>.<p>Neha was a homemaker and wife of Rajesh, a businessman. The family lived at the Sumadhura Apartment in Nallurahalli and Rajesh's office was at Diamond District in Domlur, the police said.</p>.<p>CCTV footage showed the car that was parked in its regular slot suddenly go up in flames like in a blast after smoke emanated from the bonnet.</p>.<p>The incident, according to the CCTV data, occurred at 3.40 pm and the car was engulfed in fire within minutes. The car was a 2009 model Maruti Ritz.</p>.<p>The security guards and residents who rushed to the basement after hearing the blast assumed that there was no one in the car.</p>.<p>Only after the Fire and Emergency Services rushed to the spot and doused the fire did they realise that the woman and her son were charred in the vehicle.</p>.<p>Neha was in the driver's seat while Param was on the seat next to her. Neha's body was burnt beyond recognition, fire officials said.</p>.<p>"We received a call from one Kamal at 3.55 pm and within seven minutes, we covered the seven-kilometre stretch to reach the spot. But by the time we arrived, the entire car was already burnt," district fire officer Revanna Sidappa Putti told DH.</p>.<p>According to the police, Neha and Param had gone out while Rajesh was at work. The mother-son duo had returned to the apartment around 3.30 pm and had parked the car when it caught fire.</p>.<p>Four security guards and many residents rushed towards the car to put out the fire, but in vain. Around 190 families live in the apartment complex.</p>.<p>The Fire and Emergency Service personnel and the police are puzzled over the cause of the fire.</p>.<p>Experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) visited the spot and collected samples.</p>.<p>A case has been registered at the Whitefield police station.</p>