", "Katara murder case: Vikas, Vishal Yadav held guilty", Vikas and Vishal Yadav Get Life Imprisonment, Court allows Vikas Yadav to attend Bharati’s marriage ceremony, Bharti Yadav marries, with Vikas in attendance, Vikas Yadav out of Tihar 66 times for treatment, Katara Case: Vikas Faces Tough Time for Bail in HC, "Nitish Katara case: SC upholds conviction of Vikas Yadav, Vishal Yadav", "Nitish Katara murder: Convicts Vikas, Vishal Yadav get 25 yrs in jail - The Times of India", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nitish_Katara_murder_case&oldid=981993752, Articles with dead external links from September 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from July 2011, Articles with dead external links from February 2018, Wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from October 2016, Wikipedia articles needing reorganization from August 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2011, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 October 2020, at 16:04. However, the Supreme Court allowed their sentences to run concurrently rather than consecutively, meaning the Yadavs would spend 25 years behind bars, rather than 30.

On 2002-02-16, Yadav and Katara attended a friends wedding in Ghaziabad. On 18 August 2015, Supreme Court of India upheld the High Court verdict. Yadav was the son of influential criminal-politician D. P. Yadav.Katara had recently graduated from the Institute of Management Technology in Ghaziabad where he had fallen in love with his classmate Bharti Yadav, sister of Vikas Yadav.

[3][4] On 2 April 2014 the Delhi High Court upheld the trial court verdict of life imprisonment for the accused. She also denied having sent certain emails. His only son, Nishant is a graduate from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra. She asked Neelam "to go to the police, adding that maybe her brothers—Vikas and Vishal—had taken Nitish to Punjab". [13], In his confession to the police, Vikas Yadav stated that "the affair was damaging our family's reputation".

Bihar elections 2020: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav will face-off in the state elections to be held in three phases, 20 October, 3 November and 7 November. [38] He was then assigned four personal security officers (PSOs) on the orders of the trial court.

[3][42][43], In November 2009, Vikas Yadav was granted bail to attend the arranged marriage of Bharti to a local businessman.

Believe it or not but Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant is five times richer than his father. But his wife never showed up and the Sharmas bought him some chaat. It was 3 am when Neelam Katara opened the door, and she immediately called Bharti.

Although this confession, which was made a week or so after the murder, was not formalised before a magistrate, and was therefore not admissible as evidence in court, the fact that the hammer and watch were found based on this deposition may have weighed with the trial court when it reached its verdict. [11] On the night of 16 February 2002, the couple attended a common friend's wedding, where Yadav's brother, Vikas, and a cousin were present as well. In danger of being declared proclaimed offender, under which circumstance she could have been arrested and deported from London, Bharti finally returned to depose before the court.

[21] [22] In March 2005, the Uttar Pradesh state prosecution counsel also moved that she not be called. His son, Nishant Kumar, in an interview once said that he does not have a good rapport with his father and the two of them don’t get along too well. Ahmed pointed to the relevance of the testimony of passerby Ajay Kumar, who had seen them on the fateful night: In June 2007, Ajay Kumar (also referred to as Ajay Katara, but not a relative)[37] had filed a complaint to the police that "he was under pressure to withdraw from the case" and that "his life was in danger". [citation needed], Another police constable, Brij Mohan Mishra, who was at the Dabra police station where the Yadavs were brought after being arrested, said in court, "The accused persons themselves said that they had murdered Nitish Katara after kidnapping him. In October 2005, the court ruled that she was a material witness and would be required to testify. "it showed the malafide intention of the Uttar Pradesh Prosecutor to request for dropping of Bharti as witness".

[14] Hon'ble Supreme Court of India upheld the conviction for 25 years. Both were awarded life imprisonment on 30 May 2008. Another constable, Inderjeet, who had initially testified to seeing Vikas, Vishal, and Sukhdev Pehalwan with Nitish in the Tata Safari on the night of 16 February, now denied this in language remarkably similar to other retractions: On 3 October 2016, the Supreme Court of India sentenced Vishal and Vikas Yadav to 25 years in prison. [29], In August 2006, the Supreme Court, responding to an appeal from Nitish Katara's mother, shifted the trial from Ghaziabad to Delhi because of D. P. Yadav's considerable influence in the area, including its administration and judiciary. After a year without success, the UP prosecuting team dropped her as a prosecution witness, which was challenged by Neelam Katara,[27] saying that she was a material witness, and in dropping her, the prosecution may have been influenced by D. P. Yadav. There are 2 biographies written on him: “Single Man: The Life And Times of Nitish Kumar of Bihar” by Sankarshan Thakur and “Nitish Kumar and The Rise of Bihar” by Arun Sinha. Immediately after this, Bharti Yadav went to London to study and "was believed to have been working as a staff nurse". [39], In July 2007, one Pawan Kumar Diwan suddenly showed up for the defence, saying that Vikas Yadav had come to his house in Karnal, at 3 am on the night of 16–17 February 2002, for attending a ceremony the following day. "it was wrong to suggest that he had seen the three accused with the victim in a Tata Safari".[35]. [10] However, he was an idealist, and believed in "standing up to injustice". [40], Vikas and Vishal were found guilty by the trial court on 28 May 2008. Of the four people at the wedding who had initially said they saw Nitish go into the car with Vikas, three had already withdrawn their testimony. Anant Singh had started his political journey in 2005 with the JD(U) and was known to enjoy the confidence of Nitish Kumar. [19] However, under cross-examination the inspector changed his stand saying the accused persons made no confessional statements in his presence. Based on her convenience, 25 November 2006 was set for her testimony, and she was assured that she would not be detained upon arrival. New Delhi: What’s playing out in Bihar ahead of its assembly elections is a game between the gymnast, Nitish Kumar, and the weathercock of Indian politics since 1996, Ram Vilas Paswan, ThePrint’s editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta said in episode 586 of Cut the Clutter Tuesday. [26] Pressure mounted on getting Bharti Yadav to testify. Initially, Bharti told a policewoman of her love for Nitish. [37] [30], Meanwhile, despite several court warrants, Bharti still could not be traced. The details of their movable and immovable assets, filed by Nitish Kumar showed that he is poorer than his son Nishant.

He also submitted photographs showing Vikas Yadav at the ceremony. Additionally, a third convict in the case, Sukhdev Pehalwan, was sentenced to 20 years in jail. [5] An appeal by Katara's mother and prosecution seeking death sentence to the convicts is still pending before the High Court which will be heard on 25 April 2014. [13], Next morning, the police found a battered and burned body at Khurja, 80 km from the wedding venue. Considerable drama and media attention focused on the protracted struggle (over four-and-a-half years) to obtain the testimony of Bharti Yadav. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hopes to win a fourth term with the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal of jailed former chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, now led by his son … [13] At 11 a.m., Neelam Katara filed a First Information Report. Her reluctance to testify only highlighted media speculation that the family was worried her testimony might go against her own brother. In her actual testimony, Yadav denied any romantic attachment to Katara, and said that they had simply been close friends.

Three more people were apparently waiting nearby in a car.

Lawyers on her behalf made 39 appeals that she be relieved. She told them that "her relationship with Nitish was like that of a classmate and there was nothing special about them."[24]. The convicts have stated that they would appeal against the decision in the higher courts. By March 2004, all other witnesses in the case had been examined, except for Bharti Yadav. [25] The family strongly resisted her being called as a witness. [15][16] Bharti is thought to have called her sister Bhavna Yadav, whose registered mobile phone number was used all night to call many friends of the couple, as well as Neelam Katara. The trial court held that Katara's murder was an honour killing because the family did not approve of their relationship. [25], On 22 July 2006, an application was moved by Bharti's maternal uncle Bharat Singh (a member of the UP Legislative Council), requesting that she be permitted to testify via video conferencing. [5][6] On 6 February 2015, Delhi High Court on re-appeal on death sentence, extended sentence as 25 years' rigorous life imprisonment without remittance. In this confession, Yadav admitted to taking Katara from the party, murdering him, and burning the body. Based on initial statements by her and Bharti Yadav, warrants were issued for Vikas and Vishal. A case has been registered against D. P. Yadav and four others on suspicion of having poisoned Ajay Kumar. [38] He immediately went to hospital, where he was treated for food poisoning.

The list of JD(U) candidates shows how Nitish Kumar made a sagacious attempt to consolidate his extremely backward castes (EBC) support base while making a dent into RJD's Muslim-Yadav vote bank. From there, she apparently sent some e-mails to Katara's brother, which blame her father D. P. Yadav for sanctioning the murder. The body had been so badly beaten that "the digestive system had fallen out".

Ahead of the 2015 assembly polls, he burnt bridges with the chief minister when he quit the party saying he was opposed to the proposed tie-up with RJD.

[citation needed] His friends thought he would be returning soon, but when they had not returned till well past midnight, Bharat Divakar, who had accompanied Nitish to the wedding in a taxi, went to their house. [2] Vikas and Vishal Yadav were later found guilty by the trial Court and both were given life sentences on 30 May 2008. [12], By 2002, Katara and Bharti Yadav were an established couple; they had been seeing each other for over four years. [49] On 9 October 2015 Supreme Court rejected the appeal filed by the sister of Nitish Katara for death penalty of the Yadav brothers.

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