Moninder Singh Pandher

Moninder Singh Pandher, right, and his domestic servant Surender Kohli, left, are accompanied
by policemen as they come out from a forensic science laboratory in Gandhinagar,
25 kilometer north of Ahmadabad, India, in this Jan. 5, 2007.

Indian businessman Moninder Singh Pandher, center, exits after being discharged from Civil hospital in Gandhinagar, 25 kilometer (16 miles) north of Ahmadabad, India, in this Jan. 8, 2007 photo. A special court in India asked investigators to charge Pandher with rape and murder, more than eight months after dismembered body parts of 19 people, most of them children, were found in a storm drain next to his house, news reports said Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007.

Moninder Singh Pandher, center, is attacked by a crowd outside a court in Ghaziabad, a town on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. An angry crowd outside an Indian courthouse severely beat the wealthy man and his servant on Thursday after they attended a court hearing on charges of raping, killing and dismembering more than 20 women and children.

Moninder Singh Pandher lays on the ground after he fainted outside a court after being beaten
by a crowd in Ghaziabad, a town on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007.

Indian businessman Moninder Singh Pandher lies unconscious on the ground after leaving
a court in Ghaziabad, a suburb of New Delhi 25 January 2007.

Indian businessman Moninder Singh Pandher is helped back on his feet as he lies on the
ground after leaving a court in Ghaziabad, a suburb of New Delhi 25 January 2007.

Moninder Singh Pandher

Moninder Singh Pandher

Moninder Singh Pandher

In this Feb. 12, 2009 file photo, murder and rape convict Moninder Singh Pandher,
an Indian businessman, steps out of a police van outside a court in Ghaziabad, India.

Murder and rape convict Moninder Singh Pandher, right, is escorted to a court
in Ghaziabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009.

Indian members of the forensic team of the federal Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conduct a search operation at a drain, outside the residence of the main suspects -- affluent businessman Moninder Singh Pander and servant Surender Koli -- in the Noida serial killing case, 16 January 2007 in Noida, an affluent suburb of New Delhi. The death toll in a serial murder case that has shocked India may top 40 after detectives found over a dozen more skulls stashed in plastic bags, a report said 16 January. Koli has reportedly admitted under interrogation that he raped children as young as three, had sex with the corpses of his victims and once tried to eat human organs, believing cannibalism cured impotency.

File photo of CBI investigation at Pandher's house in Noida.

In this picture taken 05 January 2007, an Indian girl stands at her house in the village of Nithari, located in the largely affluent Noida township, on the outskirts of New Delhi. Two years ago, the children of Nithari started to vanish without a trace. Residents, most of them migrant labourers from eastern India who work in factories, as domestic helps or as cycle-rickshaw drivers, say that 38 children have gone missing from the village.

Ten days ago, police unearthed a mass of bones and rotted clothes from a drain -- all that was left of at least 17 victims, nearly all of them children. The overwhelming stench led them to the gruesome find. Local businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surender Koli have been arrested on suspicion of rape and murder, but angry residents say police failed to protect their loved ones.

Relatives of the missing childen hold their photographs as they take part in a prayer meeting in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, 09 January 2007, near the house of the main serial killer accused Moninder Singh Pandher. Despite a nationwide outrage and spotlight on the Nithari serial killing of children, the families of the 12 victims who were given compensation cheques by the state government are yet to get the amount.

Anil Haldar (victim's father) and lawyer celebrate after the verdict against
Surendra Koli and Moninder Pandher. (TOI Photo)