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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Main suspect in India’s ‘house of horrors’ serial killings case to be freed as top court overturns conviction

The Supreme Court of India has overturned the last remaining conviction in the gruesome Nithari serial killings case, ordering the release of main suspect Surendra Koli.

The ruling brings to a close one of India’s longest and most gruesome criminal sagas and marks a rare instance of the apex court reversing its own final judgment through its extraordinary curative powers, while the case remains unresolved.

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