Bharti Yadav in India, confirms lawyer
Nov 25, 2006 - 9:03:02 PM
, Reviewed by: Priya Saxena
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Meanwhile, Neelam Katara said that Bharti should not feel scared. 'I don't think Bharti is against my presence in the court. I am sure she will reveal the truth.
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By RxPG News Service,
[RxPG] New Delhi, Nov 25 - Bharti Yadav, a key prosecution witness in the 2002 murder of Nitish Katara, has arrived in India from London, her lawyer confirmed Saturday.
She reached Mumbai Friday night and would be present in the Delhi High Court Wednesday, lawyer Subhash Bhuttan said.
'Yes, she is in India and we may meet her tomorrow -,' said Bhuttan. 'Since I had no knowledge of her presence in India Friday, I refused to acknowledge some media reports.'
Bhuttan told IANS: 'She is definitely apprehensive of the developments in the case but not scared.'
Speaking about the high court's refusal to entertain Bharti's plea that Neelam Katara, the mother of Nitish Katara, should be kept away during Bharti's deposition, Bhuttan said: 'We urge the court to keep away Neelam Katara so that my client does not feel any kind of apprehension.'
Bharti's brother Vikas and cousin Vishal are the prime suspects in the murder of Nitish Katara as they reportedly objected to her relationship with him.
Katara was abducted and murdered on the night of Feb 16-17, 2002 from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, where he had gone to attend a wedding.
Bharti, daughter of politician D.P. Yadav, left India immediately after Nitish's murder. She has not appeared before the court since then despite repeated summons.
Asked if any security would be extended to Bharti, the lawyer said: 'We are not availing of any security and the court has already taken back its direction on this issue.'
Meanwhile, Neelam Katara said that Bharti should not feel scared. 'I don't think Bharti is against my presence in the court. I am sure she will reveal the truth.
'I am always confident of getting justice, and her arrival is a step forward in the right direction,' Katara told IANS.
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