Rupesh Kumar Sinha News Today

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging Allahabad High Courts order acquitting Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case. A bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued a notice on an appeal filed by one Pappu Lal, the father of one of the victims.

All the convicts faced charges under IPC sections 413 (Habitually dealing in stolen property) and 414 (Assisting in concealment of stolen property)

FIR has been registered against Truong Hug Trung under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act and further action is being taken, says senior superintendent of police Ashish Bharti

Primary investigations suggest that the monk died by suicide, but the police are waiting for the post-mortem report to ascertain the actual case of death