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Surendra Koli, acquitted in Nithari case, found dead in Haridwar
Surendra Koli, acquitted by the Supreme Court in November 2025 in the last Nithari serial killings case, was found dead inside a tea stall in Haridwar on Friday, police said. His body…
Surendra Koli, acquitted by the Supreme Court in November 2025 in the last Nithari serial killings case, was found dead inside a tea stall in Haridwar on Friday, police said. His body was found hanging from a rope opposite Lalmata Temple on Sapt Sarovar Road. Koli, 50, had been living in Haridwar for months and rented the stall days ago, working as a security guard before that.
Police said no suicide note was recovered. Uttarakhand Police officer Kundan Singh Rana said Koli's family in Almora has been informed and an investigation is underway. The Times of India reported that prima facie, family disputes are suspected. Koli was acquitted in all 13 cases after the Supreme Court ruled the confession and evidence were unreliable. The investigation into his death continues.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The coverage is uniform straight reporting, with every outlet leading on the factual sequence: acquittal in November 2025, then death by hanging in Haridwar. No source interrogates the police account or tests the family-dispute motive reported by Times of India against the silence on a note or explanation from Hindustan Times and ABP Live. The consensus framing leaves unexplored the question of whether Koli's acquittal or his abrupt change of life, from security guard to tea seller, was a factor. The Nithari case itself remains legally closed but evidentially contested: the Supreme Court deemed the investigation and confession unreliable, while public memory still holds Koli as the accused. The autopsy report, when released, will be the first concrete test of the police version.
Coverage: 6 sources, 6 neutral
Sources (6): hindustantimes.com (neutral report), timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report), livemint.com (neutral report), news.abplive.com (neutral report), indiatvnews.com (neutral report), indiatoday.in (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 6 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Updated: this story now draws on 6 sources.
