Surinder Koli spared in 13th Nithari case
Hindustan TimesGhaziabad: Surinder Koli, the prime suspect in Noida’s Nithari killing cases, was acquitted by a Ghaziabad court in the thirteenth case, in which he was charged for destruction of evidence, abduction, attempted rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl. Since February 13, 2009, when the first Nithari case was decided at Ghaziabad, Koli was awarded death penalties in 12 cases but got his first acquittal in the thirteenth case decided on Friday. During the hearing on Friday, the Ghaziabad court observed in its order that although Koli was awarded death penalties in other Nithari cases, the present was “different” as there was no “sufficient evidence” on record. “There were no skulls, skeletal remains or bones of the victim girl found from the recoveries made on instance of Surinder Koli, after their DNA test and skull superimposition tests were conducted,” the court said in its order on Friday.