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Indian American Man in Queens Charged with Sexually Assaulting, Killing Mom on Mother’s Day Eve

Indian American Man in Queens Charged with Sexually Assaulting, Killing Mom on Mother’s Day Eve

  • Pushkar Sharma, 28, is accused of grabbing his mother, Saroj Sharma from behind, choking and punching her until she fell to the floor, killing her.

While many amongst us were celebrating our mothers on Mother’s Day, Pushkar Sharma, 28, of Queens, New York, was charged with assaulting and killing his 65-year-old mother, Saroj Sharma on May 8. “What should have been a celebration of Mother’s Day became a brutal, tragic nightmare for a Queens family,” Melinda Katz, Queens District Attorney, said in a May 19 press release. Announcing the arrest of Sharma, Katz said, “The defendant in this horrific case allegedly choked, punched, sexually assaulted and killed his mother in their home on Saturday [May 8].”

Sharma, who surrendered to police, was produced on May 9 before a judge charged with murder and sexual abuse, Katz said. In the press release, Katz said that on the day of the incident, between 8.00 am and 8.40 am, the accused approached his mother from behind, placed his hands around her throat and then began to choke and punch her multiple times in the face.

“The defendant and his mother struggled for several minutes, falling to the floor as he allegedly continued to punch and strangle her. The defendant then allegedly sexually assaulted his mother and continued to strangle her until she lost consciousness,” the press release noted.

“The defendant and his mother struggled for several minutes, falling to the floor as he allegedly continued to punch and strangle her. The defendant then allegedly sexually assaulted his mother and continued to strangle her until she lost consciousness.”

Afterwards, Sharma went to his room, picked up his wallet and car keys and walked to a police station (105th Precinct) to report the crime. Quoting police, CBSN New York reported that while he was reporting the crime, Sharma’s daughter found her in the basement of her home near Braddock Avenue in Bellerose Manor, a middle-class neighborhood in the borough, about 8:30 a.m. and called the emergency services., police told The Daily News. “Upon arrival, officers encountered EMS providing emergency care to an unconscious and unresponsive 65-year-old female who had bruising on her face and neck. EMS subsequently transported the female to Long Island Jewish Medical Center (where) she was pronounced deceased,” NYPD told The Daily News.

The news report further noted that Sharma reportedly had blood on his clothes when he walked into the 105th Precinct to confess his crime. Sharma, was arraigned on the afternoon of May 9 in Queens Criminal Court before Judge Toko Serita on a complaint charging him with 2-counts of murder in the second degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. Judge Serita ordered him to return to court on May 24. If convicted, Sharma will face a maximum jail sentence of 25 years.  It is not clear if Sharma has retained an attorney at this point.

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Criminal penalties are determined by state laws and New York State does not have the death penalty. 

Sharma’s neighbor Kelvin (last name withheld) talking to The New York Post said he knew Sharma had mental health problems, but he was stunned at the slaying. “The family was really nice and friendly. I am shocked to know that the son could’ve done this,” he said. He also recalled a past incident when neighbors called police because Sharma was acting erratically.

“It’s not the first time. He’s been in trouble before,” Kelvin said. “You can clearly tell that he has some mental health issues. When he had the cops called on him previously, people said that he was not on his medications. Perhaps, the same happened this time around.”

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