Nithari case: Tearful Surendra Koli pleads innocence, blames master

A special CBI court today recorded the statement of Surendra Koli, prime accused in Nithari serial killings, in Choti Payal case in which he defended himself saying he was "falsely" implicated in the case.

Koli charged CBI with "falsely" implicating him and alleged, "I was framed so that my master Mohindar Singh Pandher could be saved".

CBI counsel TP Sharma had yesterday concluded the prosecution's theory of the case.

Choti Payal was one of the victims in the gruesome Nithari killings in Noida, which had made headlines across the country in 2006.