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| Mass murder suspect in confession |
| One of the two men accused of the rape and murder of at least 19 women and children in India has made a confession before a magistrate
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| INDIA
, 1-March-2007
9:39:47 AM |
| A video recording of Surendra Koli's statement has been made which will be used in evidence in the trial.
The details will be revealed only when the trial is underway.
Businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Koli were arrested in Noida, an industrial suburb of capital Delhi, in December.
The duo are in the custody of the federal Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Consequences
Metropolitan Magistrate Chandrashekhar recorded Koli's statement in a video-conferencing room at Delhi's Patiala House Court. Journalists were kept out.
Koli offered to make a confession on Wednesday before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kamini Lau.
Magistrate Lau explained to Koli the consequences of making a statement and gave him 24 hours to think about it
Koli returned to the court again on Thursday, saying he still wanted to make the statement.
Legal experts say the confession will be used as evidence during the trial and cannot be retracted.
Police and investigation agencies have recovered skulls and body parts from a drain outside the businessman's house in Noida.
Public resentment against the accused is high. No lawyers could be found who were prepared to represent them.
The court intervened and appointed three lawyers to defend Koli. Two later backed out saying they had received death threats.
In January, the two accused were attacked by a crowd of onlookers, as well as lawyers, outside a court in Ghaziabad, near Delhi
The CBI took over the case a fortnight ago amid anger at local police inaction.
Residents say as many as 40 children have disappeared in the area over the past two years.
The accused have been questioned by CBI officials and have also undertaken lie detector tests.
The crime has shocked the country with many people accusing the local police of negligence and dereliction of duty.
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