Meerut: Nithari killings convict Surender Koli, whose mercy petition was rejected by the President, may be hanged on Monday morning in the Meerut jail, sources said on Sunday.
Koli was transferred from the Dasna jail in Ghaziabad district to Meerut on September 4 for the execution of his death warrant issued by the CBI court.
Officials earlier said he was to be hanged any time between September 7 and 12. Although jail officials were tight-lipped about the exact date of execution, speculation was rife that the Nithari killer may be hanged at 5.30 am on Monday, sources said.
Meerut jail superintendent S.M. Rizvi said the hook and loop to hang Koli had arrived from the Naini central jail.
Koli has also been informed about his impending hanging, and hangman Pawan Singh has inspected the site, officials said.
Koli was convicted for the murder of a girl Rimpa Halder who went missing in Noida in December 2006. After a police investigation, she was found to have been murdered by Koli.
During the probe, the skeletal remains of many other children were recovered from a drain adjacent to a house in Noida where Koli worked as domestic help for businessman Moninder Singh Pandher.
Both Koli and Pandher were sentenced to death, but later the Allahabad High Court acquitted Pandher.
Koli’s sentence was then upheld by the Supreme Court. He filed a mercy petition before the president which was turned down. (IANS)