Nithari Killings
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Surendra Koli, acquitted in 2006 Nithari serial killings, dies by suicide in Haridwar
India | Sep 18, 2026, 11:49 PM ISTSurendra Koli, who was accused in the Nithari killings case and was acquitted by the Supreme Court in the final case in November 2025, was found hanging at a tea stall in Haridwar. Police have informed his family and launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
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Nithari case: Supreme Court rejects 14 pleas against Surendra Koli’s acquittal, calls probe flawed
India | Jul 30, 2025, 07:47 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has dismissed 14 appeals challenging the acquittal of Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case. The court upheld the Allahabad High Court’s decision, stating there was no legal error or "perversity" in its findings.
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Nithari case: SC agrees to hear plea of victim's father against acquittal of Surendra Koli
Crime | May 04, 2024, 08:11 PM ISTThe Nithari murder and rape case was unveiled after skeletal remains were found behind accused Pandher’s bungalow in Noida’s Nithari, on December 29, 2006. Most of these remains were that of poor children and young women who had gone missing from the area.
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Allahabad HC expresses disappointment over Nithari killings probe, says investigation was botched up
Uttar Pradesh | Oct 16, 2023, 09:45 PM ISTThe Uttar Pradesh Police had initially probed the sensational killings which came to light in December 2006 with the discovery of the skeletal remains of eight children from a drain in Nithari in Noida. The case was later handed over to the CBI.
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Nithari killings: Surendra Koli sentenced to death in 10th case of rape, murder
India | Mar 02, 2019, 07:52 PM ISTA special CBI court announced the sentence against Koli, the domestic help of Noida businessman Moninder Singh Pandher.
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Nithari Killings: CBI court sentences Maninder Singh Pandher, Surinder Koli to death in ninth case
India | Dec 08, 2017, 02:06 PM ISTThe case relates to the rape and murder of housemaid Anjali in 2006.
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Nithari killings: Court hands death sentence to Pandher, Koli for murder of Pinki Sarkar
India | Jul 24, 2017, 01:55 PM ISTA CBI court on Monday awarded death sentence to Surinder Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher in connection with one of the 16 cases of the sensational Nithari killings
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Nithari killings: SC admits plea against commutation of Surender Koli's death sentence
India | Jul 13, 2015, 01:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear Uttar Pradesh government's plea challenging Allahabad High Court's order of commutating death penalty into life term awarded to Surender Koli.An apex court bench headed by Justice
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8th anniversary of Nithari killings: Families remember victims
India | Dec 30, 2014, 07:38 AM ISTNoida: Families of the Nithari victims yesterday remembered their loved ones on the eighth anniversary of the serial killings expose.Family members and activists of NGO NIRMAN, who gathered here to pay homage to the victims,
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Nithari killings: Co-accused Pandher released from jail
India | Sep 28, 2014, 07:21 AM ISTGhaziabad: After spending almost eight years behind the bars, the co-accused in infamous Nithari serial killings, Moninder Singh Pandher, was yesterday released from Dasna prison here.He was grated bail on September 24 by the Allahabad
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Koli less tense after SC stay: Jail officials
India | Sep 08, 2014, 06:25 PM ISTMeerut: Nithari serial killings convict Surinder Koli, who was to be hanged this morning, appeared less tense after he was informed about the Supreme Court's stay on his execution for a week though he did
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Nithari killings: Koli, Pandher produced before CBI court
India | Mar 07, 2013, 06:52 AM ISTGhaziabad, Mar 7: Surender Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher, the key accused in the sensational 2006 Nithari killings, were yesterday produced before a special CBI court here in connection with the hearing in four different