Archive · 24 May 2025
Kolander Gets Life in 2000 Double Murder, Along with Accomplice
Raja Kolander and Bachhraj have been sentenced to life in prison for the 2000 kidnapping and murder of Manoj Kumar Singh and Ravi Srivastava.
They abducted the victims in Lucknow, robbed them, and then killed them, dumping the bodies in Allahabad.
Evidence included a brown coat belonging to one of the victims.
The court rejected their pleas for leniency, despite arguments about Kolander's age and Bachhraj's background, citing the nature of the planned crime.
The families of the victims will receive compensation.
Raja Kolander and Bachhraj were sentenced to life imprisonment for the double murder of Manoj Kumar Singh and Ravi Srivastava.
The court found them guilty of kidnapping, dacoity with murder, and destruction of evidence.
The victims were abducted from Lucknow in January 2000.
A brown coat belonging to one of the victims was key evidence.
The court rejected pleas for leniency, including those based on age and background.
- Who
- Raja Kolander, Bachhraj, Manoj Kumar Singh, and Ravi Srivastava
- What
- Raja Kolander and Bachhraj were sentenced to life imprisonment.
- When
- January 24, 2000 (crime); recent (sentencing)
- Where
- Lucknow and Shankargarh forest area of Prayagraj, India
- Why
- The motive for the crime is not explicitly mentioned in the article.
Prosecution
Defense
Sentencing
Prosecution
Sought death penalty, citing the nature of the crimes.
Defense
The court held that the case did not warrant capital punishment.
- Convicts
- Raja Kolander and Bachhraj
- Victims
- Manoj Kumar Singh and Ravi Srivastava
- Crimes
- Kidnapping, murder, dacoity, and destruction of evidence
- Sentence
- Life imprisonment, plus fines
- Date of Crime
- January 24, 2000
- Location of Bodies
- Shankargarh forest area of Prayagraj
Sources
'Cannibal' Raja Kolander gets life imprisonment in double murder case
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