Ghaziabad: A special CBI court on Wednesday postponed the hearing of a Nithari serial killings case after one of the witnesses in the rape and murder of eight-year-old girl Aarti informed it about his inability to appear before it due to the election duty.
Initial investigating officer (UP police) Dinesh Yadav was summoned by the court today to appear before CBI judge Rama Jain in connection with Aarti murder case. He informed the court about his election duty after which the judge fixed May 25 for the next hearing.
Aarti had gone missing in the afternoon of October 25, 2006 and three days later, police found her remains buried behind Pandher's house in Nithari.
This verdict is linked to the murder of 8-year-old Aarti who was allegedly kidnapped, attacked and killed by Surinder Koli.
Koli is the domestic help of Moninder Singh Pander a businessman based in Noida. Pander is not an accused in this case as he had established that he was not present in Nithari when the murder is supposed to have taken place.
While Surinder Koli has been charged in 16 cases, Pander has been charged in 6 crimes following directions by the CBI court to file charges against him. The CBI still has to file chargesheet in 3 cases. Both men have already been convicted and sentenced to death for the murder or Rimpa Halder, another minor whose remains had been found near the house the two men were staying at.