Nithari serial killer Surendra Koli who is to be hanged here on September 12, has been placed in a high-security barrack in Meerut jail, prison authorities said.
Koli was placed in the high security barrack last night and two armed guards deployed outside his cell in order to avert any suicide attempt, Jail Superintendent S H M Rizvi said today.
Koli is a special category prisoner and he will also be kept under CCTV surveillance till a day before his hanging, he said.
Rizvi said that Koli ate the food served to him according to the prison manual and did not sleep last night, adding that he is calm and showing normal behaviour.
So far, he has not intimated the authorities about his last wish. He has been reading religious texts since morning, the Jail Superintendent said.
Koli will be the 18th criminal to be hanged in the Meerut jail.
Rizvi said no one has been hanged during his tenure in the prison. Even for the hangman Pavan, it will be the first hanging of his career.
"I am not nervous and my hands will not tremble while hanging him. Being a hangman is my hereditary profession. Even my father and grandfather had hanged many criminals to death and I witnessed the hangings," Pavan said.
