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  "id": 8213269,
  "title": "Surendra Koli dies by suicide: A brief timeline of 2006 Nithari serial murders case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/surendra-koli-dies-by-suicide-a-brief-timeline-of-2006-nithari-serial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T09:05:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express - India",
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    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/surendra-koli-dies-by-suicide-brief-timeline-of-2006-nithari-serial-murders-case-10883505/"
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  "summary": "Surendra Koli, acquitted in the 2006 Nithari serial murders case, was found dead at his tea stall in Haridwar on Friday. Koli had moved to Uttarakhand for the past few months and was tried for over a dozen cases of rape and murder of several women and children. He walked out of Kasna jail in Greater Noida in November last year after the Supreme Court set aside his conviction in a case of rape and murder of a teenage girl. Koli was behind bars for 19 years in the Nithari serial killings case, during which he was accused of abducting and raping children and women from nearby villages, committing acts of cannibalism, and disposing of their bodies in a drain in the locality.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Surendra Koli, acquitted in Nithari serial killing case, found dead in Haridwar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/surendra-koli-acquitted-in-nithari-serial-killing-case-found-dead-in",
        "published": "2026-09-18T08:08:35.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Surendra Koli, acquitted by Supreme Court in Nithari serial killing case, dies by suicide",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/surendra-koli-acquitted-by-supreme-court-in-nithari-serial-killing",
        "published": "2026-09-18T08:13:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Surendra Koli, Main Accused In 2006 Nithari Serial Killings Case, Dies By Suicide In His Haridwar Tea Shop",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/surendra-koli-main-accused-in-2006-nithari-serial-killings-case-dies",
        "published": "2026-09-18T08:16:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Surinder Koli, acquitted in Nithari serial killing case, dies by suicide, say police",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/surinder-koli-acquitted-in-nithari-serial-killing-case-dies-by",
        "published": "2026-09-18T08:26:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "Surinder Koli, Acquitted In 2006 Nithari Killings Case, Dies by Suicide",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/surinder-koli-acquitted-in-2006-nithari-killings-case-dies-by-suicide",
        "published": "2026-09-18T08:35:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}