Punjab court acquits Kohli in cheating case

Maninder Kohli is the prime suspect in Hannah rape and murder case.

A court in Kharar on Thursday discharged Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, the prime suspect in the rape and murder of British teenager Hannah Foster, in a case of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy.

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"The Court of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate Poonam Ratti passed the orders on Thursday afternoon and has discharged Kohli in the case," Kohli's counsel Charanjit Bakshi said from Kharar.

The case was registered against him and his family members on March 25 this year.

Kohli was produced before the Kharar court after being brought from the high-security Burail Jail in Chandigarh, where he is presently lodged under judicial custody.