Nithari killings case: Koli, Pandher awarded death penalty

A special CBI court in Ghaziabad on Friday awarded death sentence to Noida businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic servant Surendra Koli in connection with one of the 16 murder cases, infamous as the Nithari killings.

The sentence was passed by the court in the rape and murder case of a 25-year-old maidservant. This



was the ninth among the 16 cases in which Koli was convicted.

This was also the third case in which both Pandher and Koli were convicted by the court on Thursday.

"Koli and Pandher have been awarded death sentence by a special CBI court in Ghaziabad," CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said.