CBI files application to record statement of Koli

New Delhi, Feb 28 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) today filed an application before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in a city court for recording the confessional statement of Surender Koli, accused in the infamous Nithari killings.

Koli was sent to the custody of local police, Ghaziabad from December 29, 2006 to January 11, 2007 and there after in CBI custody since January 11, 2007.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate(ACMM) Kamini Lau directed the investigating officer of CBI that the accused Koli be handed over to the Director General(Prisons), Tihar, after conducting the medical examination and to be kept in some secluded place which may be a solitary ward, where it shall be insured that he does not mix up with any person and all necessary arrangements would be made by the prison authorities to ensure the safety and security of Koli.

Kamini Lau gave a personal hearing to Koli in her chamber and directed the authorities to produce Koli on March 1, 2007 at 1300 hrs after conducting his medical examination.

UNI