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X. Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Monday acquitted Surender Koli and Maninder Singh Pandher in the infamous Nithari serial killings case in Noida for lack of evidence..
A total 19 cases had been lodged against businessman Pandher and his domestic help Koli in 2007..
The CBI had filed closure reports in three of the 19 cases due to lack of evidence.. The sensational killings came to light with the discovery of the skeletal remains of eight children from the drain behind Pandhers house in Nithari, Noida, on December 29, 2006...
Further digging and searches of drains in the area around Pandhers house led to more skeletal remains being found..
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