Ajay Katara, a key witness in the Nitish Katara murder case in a Delhi court has alleged that he was allegedly being threatened and harassed by Uttar Pradesh government officials for deposing in the sensational murder case.
Katara, in his petition, claimed before the Patiala House Court additional sessions judge (ASJ) J.R. Aryan that the UP police has allegedly registered 10 fake cases against him at various police stations in Ghaziabad.
After going through Katara’s plea, ASJ Aryan issued a notice to senior superintendent of police (SSP), Ghaziabad, for July 8. Filing fresh allegations against the UP government officials, Katara testified before the court that he had last seen the victim Nitish Katara alive in the company of accused Vikas Yadav, Vishal and Sukhdev Pehalwan. Earlier also, Katara had filed a similar application against D.P. Yadav, father of Vikas, that he was allegedly being threatened by the controversial UP politician.
Vikas and his cousin Vishal were sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment by a Delhi court for killing Nitish, a business executive and son of an IAS officer, as they did not approve his intimacy with their sister Bharti Yadav.
The Yadavs have challenged their conviction in the Delhi high court.
According to the prosecution, Pehalwan was present with the accused in their Tata Safari car after they had allegedly abducted Nitish from a marriage function in Ghaziabad on the intervening night of February 16-17, 2002 and killed him.