Nithari horror
The 2006 Nithari killings in Noida continues to haunt the family members of the victims.
Nithari killings
On December 20, 2006, 8 skeletal remains were recovered from a drain near Moninder Singh Pandher's D5 bungalow in Noida's Nithari.
Nithari case accused
Pandher and his help, Surinder Koli, were charged with the abduction, assault, and murder of young girls from the area, primarily migrant workers.
First FIR in 2006
First FIR was filed in 2006 on a local court’s orders, five months after a woman, 22, went missing in Nithari.
Nithari horror​
Searches were carried out after 8 skeletal remains were found in a drain in Nithari.
Nithari case
Chargesheets were filed in 16 cases of rape, murder, abduction, criminal conspiracy and trafficking.
Court relief
On Monday, the Allahabad high court acquitted Pandher in both of his cases and acquitted Koli in all 12 of his cases related to Nithari killings.
Grieving family
Following the court verdict, one question that keeps coming up among the victims' family is --'If neither is guilty, then who killed our children?'
Nithari shocker
While parents who had lost their young children expressed disbelief, Pandher’s son said the trial went on for too long and had left deep scars on his family.