Nithari killer Surendra Koli’s mother says, my son is innocent

New Delhi: The mother Kunti Devi of Nithari murders convict Surendra Koli today maintained that her son was innocent and said Koli’s employer Moninder Singh Pandher was responsible for the killings. Kunti Devi met Koli at Meerut jail and said afterwards

Speaking to journalists outside the jail, she said Pandher was responsible for the killings and that he should be hanged before her son. Koli was convicted for the murder of a girl, Rimpa Halder, who went missing in Noida in December 2006. After a police investigation, she was found to have been murdered by Koli.

Both Koli and Pandher were sentenced to death, but later the Allahabad High Court acquitted Pandher and upheld Koli’s death sentence. The Supreme Court also upheld the lower court’s judgment.

Meerut jail Superintendent S.M. Rizvi said the hook and the loop to hang Koli had reached the prison and all arrangements to carry out the execution were in readiness. Although Koli had not asked to meet his family members, his mother arrived to see him. Koli had also filed a mercy petition before the president, but his plea was rejected.

Bureau Report