Indian businessman Moninder Singh Pandher was sentenced to death on February 13, 2009, for the kidnapping, rape and murder of 14-year-old Rimpa Halder. Pander's employee, Surinder Koli, was also given a death sentence in the case. The verdicts came more than two years after the remains of 19 children and young women were discovered in a drain behind Pander's house in the New Delhi suburb of Noida.AFP: Death sentence in Indian multiple murder case Times of India: Death for Pandher, Koli in Nithari case
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"We are happy with the court's decision. It shows that poor people like us can also get justice. This is victory for all children in the country."—Anil Halder, father of victim Rimpa HalderAFP: Death sentence in Indian multiple murder case
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Pandher convicted in the murder of Rimpa Halder on February 13, 2009
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Remains of Halder and 18 other children found in a drain behind his home in December 2006AFP: Death sentence in Indian multiple murder case
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Pandher's employee, Surinder Koli, also found guilty
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Pandher and Koli were both sentenced to death
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Pandher's son, Karandeep Singh, says his father is innocent and he will appeal the verdictTimes of India: Death for Pandher, Koli in Nithari case
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Prosecutors said Koli confessed to abducting the children and killing them in Pandher's homeTimes of India: Death for Pandher, Koli in Nithari case
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Koli confessed that he had sex with the victims after they died and "once tried to eat human organs"AFP: Death sentence in Indian multiple murder case
