“Surinder Koli, accused in the infamous Nithari serial killings, has been released from the Luksar district jail in Greater Noida, a day after the Supreme Court acquitted him in the last pending case linked to the 2006 serial murders that had shocked the nation,” officials said on Thursday (November 13, 2025).
Jail superintendent Brijesh Kumar confirmed that Koli walked out of the facility at around 7.20 p.m. on Wednesday (November 13, 2025). "Surinder Koli was released after the order of the Supreme Court," Mr. Kumar told PTI.
Clad in a blue shirt, black trousers, and a navy-blue jacket, Koli left the prison accompanied by his lawyers. His family members were not present at the jail gate, and he declined to speak to the media gathered outside. It was not immediately known where he was taken after his release.
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The Nithari case came to light in 2006 when skeletal remains, skulls and bones were discovered from the backyard and drains near a bungalow (D-5) belonging to businessman Moninder Singh Pandher in Sector 31, Noida.
