Nithari Killings - Main Witness backtracks

The main witness in the Nithari killings, Nand Lal, on Thursday retracted from his statement by giving a clean chit to the prime accused Moninder Singh Pandher.

Pandher is one of the main accused in the case.

Nandlal, father of one of the victims, retracted his statement about witnessing Pandher paying bribe as a cover-up bid.

Moreover, he also cleared the name of co-accused Noida Police CO Dinesh Yadav.

He also said that Pandher did not help in recovering the saw.

Deposing before the court, Nand Lal denied his statement that the saw was recovered from the bathroom of Pandher's house in his presence and that it had been used for "cutting" up the victims.

In a turn-about from his earlier statements, he said that no bribe had been paid to DSP Yadav by Pandher's manager in his presence during the probe which was carried out by CBI.