Nithari murders: CBI court sentences Moninder Pandher, Surinder Koli to death in ninth case

Businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and Surinder Koli, the main accused in the Nithari killing, were sentenced to death by CBI Special Court in the ninth out of 19 cases against them on Friday.

In July this year, a special CBI court convicted Pandher and Koli in one of the cases and sentenced them

court in Ghaziabad today convicted businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surinder Koli in one of the cases of the sensational Nithari killings.

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.