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Nithari killings: Supreme Court acquits Surendra Koli, orders his release

November 12, 2025 2:24 am

The Nithari killings came to light with the discovery of skeletal remains of eight children from a drain behind businessman Moninder Singh Pandher's house in Noida on December 29, 2006.

2006 Nithari killings: Acquitted by Allahabad High Court, Pandher walks out of Noida prison

October 21, 2023 9:28 am

Pandher (66) was in jail for around 13 years after he was first arrested on December 12, 2006, along with his house help Surinder Koli, in the case.

Nithari killings: A 16-year timeline of gruesome killings, rapes and acquittals

October 17, 2023 10:08 am

The CBI had registered 16 cases against Surinder Koli for the alleged murder, abduction, and rape of women along with the destruction of evidence. Koli’s employee Maninder Singh Pandher was also booked in a case of trafficking.

Inside Nithari killer’s mind: ‘Would watch girls come in, even I felt the urge’

October 16, 2023 1:34 pm

Surinder Koli would often dream of a girl in a flowing white dress, laughing and taunting him. The report says each time he dreamt about her, he would tremble, lose appetite and sleep until he found a victim, and relief.

Nithari case: SC seeks Surender Koli's response on UP govt's plea for death penalty

July 13, 2015 5:51 pm

On January 28, this year, the Allahabad High Court had commuted the death sentence, awarded to Koli, to life term in the murder of 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar.

Allahabad HC commutes Nithari killer’s death after ‘delays’ by UP govt

January 29, 2015 2:39 am

In February 2009, a special CBI court in Ghaziabad awarded death sentence to Koli and Pandher.

Court orders Koli execution before month-end,he moves mercy plea

May 10, 2011 4:47 am

A Ghaziabad district court has issued the death warrant for Surinder Koli,sentenced in the Nithari serial killings case. The court has ordered that Koli be hanged at 4 am between May 24 and May 31.

A sense of closure after so many years: Victims kin

May 10, 2011 12:15 am

The news of a special court in Ghaziabad fixing the date of execution of Surinder Koli,sentenced to death in a Nithari serial killings case,provided the victims families a sense of closure after four long years.