Nithari Killings: M S Pandher, Surinder Singh Koli sentenced to death
Synopsis
The sentence in the Nithari Killings case was announced by the Ghaziabad special court They were sentenced to death in the Pinki Sarkar case CBI special judge Pawan Tiwari pronounced Pandher and Koli guilty of murder, attempted rape and destruction of evidence in Pinki Sarkar case
The duo of Noida businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surinder Koli earned the ire of the nation back in2006 when the abduction and rape of 20-year-old Pinki Sarkar came to the fore.
The CBI had lodged FIRs in around 16 cases of serial rape and murder under Sections 302, 376, 364, 201 and 120 (B) of the IPC on December 29, 2006. The court had convicted them on Saturday itself, while the entire sentence was pronounced on Monday.
The special Ghaziabad Court had termed this case as ‘rarest of the rare’. Police had discovered 19 skeletons from Pandher's house in Nithari in Noida on December 29, 2006
Pandher and Koli were charge-sheeted in 16 of the 19 cases, while three were closed for want of evidence. Most of the victims were young girls. Prior to Pinki Sarkar case the two were convicted and sentenced in six cases, while nine are in various stages of trial, public prosecutor Jaiprakash Sharma said.
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