New Delhi: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court at Ghaziabad gave death sentence to Surinder Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher on Monday in connection with one of the 16 cases of rape, murder, abduction and criminal conspiracy in Nithari, Noida. CBI Special Judge (anti corruption) Pawan Kumar Tiwari, who pronounced the sentence called it a ‘rarest of rare’ case.

New Delhi:  A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court at Ghaziabad gave death sentence to Surinder Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher on Monday in connection with one of the 16 cases of rape, murder, abduction and criminal conspiracy in Nithari, Noida. CBI Special Judge (anti corruption) Pawan Kumar Tiwari, who pronounced the sentence called it a ‘rarest of rare’ case.

“There is no scope for their (the accused’s) reform or rehabilitation. This case falls under the category of rarest of rare and both deserve death penalty,” the CBI special judge said. On Saturday, the CBI court held both the accused guilty of attempted rape, murder and destruction of evidence. Out of the 16 cases, eight have been decided so far and the Ghaziabad court has awarded prime accused Surinder Kohli death penalty in each case.

Arrested in December 2006, Pandher walked out of Dasna jail in Ghaziabad in September 2014 after getting bail in all cases. Koli is still in the same prison. After being held guilty in this case, Pandher was again taken into custody and sent to Dasna jail.

Saturday’s verdict was in the eighth case out of the 19 killings. It is the second case, so far, in which both Pandher and Koli have been named as accused.