The cases against Surinder Koli are still under trial in courts
President Pranab Mukherjee (Photo: DC archives)
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy petitions of six death row convicts, including Surendra Koli, who was found guilty in the sensational Nithari serial rapes and killings.
Others whose mercy pleas have been rejected include sisters Renukabai and Seema (Maharashtra), Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik (Maharashtra), Jagdish (Madhya Pradesh) and Holiram Bordoloi (Assam).
These pleas have been rejected following recommendations from the home ministry, sources said.
Forty two-year-old Koli, who brutally killed and later axed children in Nithari locality of Noida in Uttar Pradesh, was awarded death sentence by a lower court, which was upheld by the Allahabad High Court and confirmed by the Supreme Court in February 2011.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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