The Allahabad High Court has acquitted Moninder Singh Pandher and Surendra Koli, the accused in the Nithari killings case, stating that the investigation was poorly conducted and violated basic norms of evidence collection. The court expressed disappointment with the manner in which the case was handled and criticized the failure of the prosecution. The court also noted that the recovery of human remains was made outside Pandher s house and raised concerns about the failure to investigate the possible involvement of organ trade. The death sentences awarded to Pandher and Koli were reversed, and they are set to be released.
India News: The Allahabad high court on October 16, 2023 acquitted Surinder Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher, both accused in the Nithari murder case of 2005 and 2.
The Allahabad high court said it appeared that the investigatiors opted for the easy course of implicating a poor servant of the house | Latest News India
Surinder Koli had confessed that he lured the victims–9 girls, 2 boys, and 5 women–into the Nithari house, murdered them, and after that tried to have sex with the bodies, attempted to eat them, and threw the remains into the drain behind the bungalow, officials said
The Allahabad High Court on Monday criticized the Uttar Pradesh police and the prosecution for their inadequate investigation in the cases related to the Nithari killings of 2005-2006 in Noida.