Pandher boycotted by community

Punjab's Pandher community, concentrated in 32 villages, has decided to excommunicate Moninder Singh Pandher, the main accused in the Nithari serial killings in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

The announcement of social boycott of the Noida businessman was made at a meeting of community members at at village Ravsiana in this district on Sunday, Pandher Association spokesman said on Monday.

He said the meeting chaired by its president Jaswinder Singh unanimously adopted a resolution to excommunicate Moninder Singh Pandher alias Goldi.

"We hold him guilty of maligning the reputation of the Pandher community," the resolution said.