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High Court poser to Delhi government on Bharti Yadav

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 14. The Delhi High Court today asked the Delhi Government whether it would bear the expenses if Bharti Yadav, daughter of the former Rajya Sabha Member, D.P. Yadav, agreed to come and record her statement in the Nitish Katara murder case in which her brother, Vikas Yadav, is the main accused.

Justice S.K. Aggarwal sought the opinion of the city Government on the issue when counsel for the Uttar Pradesh Government submitted that the liability to bear the expenses if Ms. Bharti agreed to fly in here from London lay with the Delhi Government as the case had been transferred to the Capital on a Supreme Court order.

Justice Aggarwal has been hearing two separate petitions by Ms. Bharti and Vikas Yadav seeking a direction to the trial court to send a `Court Commission' to London to record her (Ms. Bharti) statement in the case.

Vikas Yadav in his petition has sought permission from the court to bear all expenses, which the Commission would incur on its travel, if directed, to London where Ms. Bharti is at present doing some professional course.

The trial court this past July asked Ms. Yadav to appear before it or face non-bailable arrest warrant (NBW) in the case.

The Additional Sessions Judge, J.M. Malik, conducting trial of the case, directed Ms. Yadav to appear before the court on September 27 failing which she would be served with an NBW for October 27.

The prosecution accuses Ms. Bharti of avoiding an appearance before the trial court to record her statement in the case.

The prosecution believes that her examination will help unravel the motive behind the killing of Nitish Katara, son of a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.

Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav, son and nephew of D.P. Yadav, are facing trial for allegedly kidnapping and later killing Nitish Katara in Ghaziabad in February 2002.

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