Ghaziabad: Nithari serial killings prime accused Surendra Koli, who is arguing his case himself, cross-examined witnesses in a Central Bureau of India (CBI) court for the second day on Wednesday.
Koli, who was brought to the court from Dasna jail, cross examined victim Rimpa Haldar's sister Poornima Haldar and argued his case himself. Earlier, the statements of Poornima were recorded in the court of CBI special judge Shyam Lal.
Koli had on Tuesday cross-examined forensic laboratory director A K Mittal, who had examined the body remains and other belongings and had also argued in Nanda Devi murder case.
Koli raised objections on statements of both the witnesses and claimed that he was innocent and "falsely" implicated in the case....
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07:34 PM, May 16, 2012
Ghaziabad: A police officer on Wednesday gave his testimony before a special CBI court in one of the cases of the sensational Nithari killings of 2006. Dinesh Yadav, the then Noida police circle officer, appeared in a special CBI court and recorded his statement in connection with the murder and rape of a 14-year-old girl. Surender Koli, the main accused in the case, was present in the court. The court...
09:33 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Ghaziabad: A special CBI court on Friday postponed its judgement in one of the cases in the sensational Nithari killings, citing inadequate evidence. CBI court special judge Shyam Lal did not pronounce the judgement in the murder case of Choti Payal, one of the victims in the gruesome killings in Noida in 2006, and asked the prosecution to furnish more evidences on December 19. Surender Kohli, the main accused in...
08:10 PM, Dec 16, 2011
New Delhi: Over four years after the grisly Nithari killings came to light, the identity of five of the victims, whose bones were found in a drain in Noida, remains a mystery with their DNA profile not matching with any of the claimants. The forensic experts were able to create DNA profile of 13 individuals from the fragments of bones and bio-material collected in over 35 polythene bags near Moninder...
04:46 PM, Jul 03, 2011
Ghaziabad: A prosecution witness appearing in a case related to the Nithari killings turned hostile on Saturday during cross examination. Neelam, a witness in Badi Payal, 21, related to the serial killings, recanted on her previous statement and refused to identify Sub-Inspector Simran Kaur, an accused in the case in along with Moninder Singh Pandher and Surender Kohli, CBI counsel JP Sharma said on Saturday. Sharma said special judge AK...
06:43 PM, Jun 04, 2011
New Delhi: A special CBI court will hear the bail plea of Moninder Singh Pandher, one of the main accused in the sensational Nithari killings on Monday. The Nithari killings accused who has been in jail from last 53 months in connection with the murders of Madhu and Jyoti is seeking bail on medical grounds. A special CBI court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Pandher. Special CBI Judge...
08:32 AM, May 30, 2011
Ghaziabad: A special CBI court on Friday reserved its judgement till Saturday on the bail plea by Moninder Singh Pandher, one of the main accused in the sensational Nithari killings. CBI special Judge Shyam Lal, who was to deliver the judgement on the bail application, reserved the ruling on Friday. Pandher had applied for bail in the special CBI court, saying he had already been given clean chit by the...
07:14 PM, May 27, 2011
Ghaziabad: CBI on Monday concluded presenting it's evidence in a case against Surender Kohli, who has already been awarded death penalty for rape and murder in another case related to sensational Nithari killings. The prosecution presented it's evidence in the rape and murder of Chhoti Payal (14) before special CBI judge Shyam Lal after which he asked the defence to produce it's evidence on May 25, CBI advocate J P...
07:36 PM, May 16, 2011
Ghaziabad: Mother of the Nithari killings' victim Rimpa Haldar on Tuesday demanded early execution of Surender Koli, convicted for the murder of her daughter and said he did not deserve any mercy. Dolly said that she heaved a sigh of relief on hearing about the death warrant issued for Kohli, but the news of the mercy petition filed by him has saddened her. A special court has ordered that Koli...
05:03 PM, May 10, 2011
Ghaziabad: A special court has ordered that Surender Koli, sentenced to death in the sensational Nithari serial killings case, be hanged between May 24 and May 31 following which he has filed a mercy petition. The Ghaziabad jail authorities sent his mercy petition to the Uttar Pradesh Governor who will forward it to the President. CBI Judge Shyam Lal issued the death warrant for execution of Koli, 39, after the...
05:18 PM, May 09, 2011
Ghaziabad: CFSL chief scientist VK Mahapatra on Thursday told a special CBI court that he neither found any blood stains nor detected semen during forensic examination of the samples related to three cases in the infamous Nithari killings. The chief scientist of the Delhi-based Central Forensic Science Laboratory appeared as a witness in three cases, including those of Choti Payal, Pushpa kidnappings and murders, before judge Shyam Lal. He confirmed...
09:22 PM, May 05, 2011
Ghaziabad: Moninder Singh Pandher, accused in the Nithari serial killings, on Monday became unconscious and fell down in his cell in Dasna jail, where he is lodged, jail sources said. Pandher, in his 50s, is a diabetic patient and fell unconscious around 8 pm. He was taken to MMG district hospital where he was put on life-saving equipment, jail superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma told PTI. According to hospital sources, Pandher's...
11:15 PM, Apr 18, 2011
Ghaziabad: Surender Koli, one of the main accused in the sensational Nithari killings case, on Thursday told a court in Ghaziabad that he wanted to replace the lawyer defending him saying he got the death sentence in one case because of the advocate's "incompetency". Koli, in his application told to the court that the defence lawyer provided to him by the government is not competent enough to deal with his...
11:45 PM, Mar 31, 2011
New Delhi: Surinder Koli's death sentence has been upheld by the Supreme Court in a case related to the gruesome Nithari killings. Koli had approached the apex court after he was sentenced to death by the trial court and the Allahabad High Court in the Rimpa Haldar case, one of the children killed in Noida's Nithari village. Koli, the domestic help of Pandher, has been convicted for raping and killing...
12:57 PM, Feb 15, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for making excuses to get an adjournment on a petition by Surendra Koli, sentenced to death in the Nithari serial killing case of 2006. An apex court bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra chided the investigating agency when it sought six weeks' adjournment on the grounds that it needed time to translate...
12:22 PM, Feb 09, 2011
Ghaziabad: Family members of Nithari victims on Thursday expressed their resentment over the CBI giving clean chit to industrialist Moninder Singh Pandher in the case. Pander and his domestic help Surinder Koli were arrested in December 2006 soon after the recovery of human bones, skulls and other items from a drain near Pander's D-5, Sector-31 residence in Noida. While the duo was held accused in the case initially, the CBI...
03:20 PM, Dec 23, 2010
New Delhi: A special CBI court on Wednesday awarded death penalty to Surinder Koli in the Deepali rape and murder case. Earlier, special CBI Judge AK Singh pronounced the verdict and held Koli guilty in the case of rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl Deepali. Koli, the domestic help of Moninder Singh Pandher, was the prime accused in the case. The body parts of Deepali were found in a...
12:38 PM, Dec 22, 2010
New Delhi: The verdict in the Nithari killings case is expected to be announced on Wednesday. A special CBI court will deliver the verdict in the case of rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in which Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surender Koli are the prime accused. Koli was awarded death sentence by the special court in three of 19 cases filed in connection with the rape...
09:18 AM, Dec 22, 2010
Ghaziabad: A special CBI court on Tuesday sentenced to death Surinder Koli-- servant of businessman Moninder Singh Pandher-- for rape and murder of a nine-year -old girl in the sensational Nithari killings in 2006, saying he deserved a more severe punishment for his crimes. Judge A K Singh said the crime was in the rarest of rare category and awarded death penalty to 38-year-old Koli for murdering Rachna, the third...
04:42 PM, Sep 28, 2010
Ghaziabad: A special CBI court on Monday convicted Surinder Koli-- servant of Moninder Singh Pandher--for murder and rape of teenager Rachna in the sensational Nithari killings case that sent shock waves across the country in 2006. "The court on Monday convicted Surinder Koli for the rape and murder of Rachna at Nithari in 2006. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced tomorrow," said CBI lawyer J P Sharma. The court...
06:16 PM, Sep 27, 2010
