Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 12: The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared Surendra Koli, infamously known as the “Butcher of Nithari,” of all charges, allowing his curative petition and formally closing one of India’s most sensationalized criminal cases.

A bench comprising Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justices Surya Kant and Vikram Nath announced the verdict, with Justice Nath stating, “The curative petition is allowed.” Koli, 53, who had faced 19 criminal cases along with his employer Mohinder Singh Pandher, is now acquitted and will be released from jail.

Background of the Case

The Nithari killings of 2006 shocked the nation after minors went missing from the village, and human remains were discovered in a drain outside Pandher’s residence in Noida Sector-31, late

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