Nithari killings: Why were Surender Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher acquitted
Allahabad HC calls investigation “botched up”, questions manner of recording Koli’s confession.
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Allahabad HC calls investigation “botched up”, questions manner of recording Koli’s confession.
Nithari killings prime accused Surinder Koli’s death penalty has been overturned by the Allahabad High Court, terming the other co-accused innocent.
The Allahabad High Court has acquitted the prime accused in the Noida's Nithari serial killings case, Surender Koli and Maninder Singh Pandher, due to lack of evidence. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed closure reports in three of the 19 cases against them in 2007.
Moninder Singh Pandher was arrested in December 2006, along with Surinder Koli, and convicted in February 2009 in the Nithari killings.
The Allahabad High Court has acquitted Surendra Koli in 12 cases and Maninder Singh Pandher in 12 cases connected with the Nithari Killings, for which they were earlier awarded the death penalty by the trial court