Ajay Katara, key witness in the murder and kidnap case of his elder brother Nitish Katara, has lodged an FIR against unidentified persons alleging that they had made an attempt on his life, and named politician DP Yadav as the mastermind of the attack. ...
11:37 AM, Mar 08, 2013
New Delhi: Seeking death penalty for the convicts, police on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that Nitish Katara and Bharti Yadav were in an "intense relationship" and her family's opposition to their friendship led to Katara's murder in 2002. Special Public Prosecutor Dayan Krishnan told a division bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice JR Midha that the disapproval of Bharti's family of the relationship was the motive behind...
10:14 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Vishal Yadav, serving life term along with his cousin Vikas for killing Nitish Katara in 2002, on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that an "atrocious" charge of kidnapping had been framed by the trial judge despite the fact that the victim was a major and contemplating marriage. "An absurd charge of kidnapping had been framed against Vishal and others. This is an atrocious charge and it is...
07:12 PM, Jul 26, 2012
The two young Indian pugilist say playing for India is a big responsibility and they aim to bring a medal home. ...
11:25 AM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: In an embarrassment for the Delhi Police, it has come to light in an official report that its men colluded and aided murder convicts Vikas and Vishal Yadav, who are serving a life sentence for the murder of Nitish Katara. According to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) records, Vikas was missing from his hospital room on Diwali night in October 2011. Now CNN-IBN has accessed the...
07:03 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: In a sensational twist to the Nitish Katara murder of 2002 in which Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav were convicted and sentenced to life, the latter has sought a retrial of the case, claiming that he was not seen with Katara before the murder. Vishal Yadav's lawyer Ram Jethmalani told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that Katara was seen with Vikas Yadav, and not Vishal. The court...
01:38 PM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: Brothers Vikas and Vishal Yadav, convicted for the murder of Nitish Katara in 2008, and who managed to stay out of the Tihar jail for over 151 days since then now face flak from an independent inquiry panel. Commissioned on Delhi High Court's orders, the panel of doctors led by a brigadier stated that the brothers' medical records do not justify lengthy hospital stays. The report accessed by...
09:20 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: In what may prove to be more trouble for Nitish Katara's killers, CNN-IBN has accessed the Army Medical Board report on their medical records that questions their prolonged stays in hospitals using flimsy medical grounds and staying out of jail thus. In November 2011, CNN-IBN had reported how Vikas and Vishal Yadav, convicted for the murder of Nitish Katara, were regularly out of jail on flimsy medical grounds....
06:15 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: In a major setback for Nitish Katara killers Vikas and Vishal Yadav a medical board at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) says that the duo is not suffering from any medical condition and don't require hospitalisation. A board of 10 doctors examined Vikas and Vishal between February 9 and 13, 2012 as per the directions of the Delhi High Court and found that both of...
06:17 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered a medical board to be formed to investigate why Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav needed to make several visits to AIIMS Hospital and Batra Hospital. The duo are murder convicts in the Nitish Katara case. CNN-IBN had reported that both the accused had made 151 medical outings in four years. The Delhi High Court on February 1 asked Tihar Jail authorities...
06:07 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court is expected to hear Nitish Katara's mother's complaint against convicts Vikas and Vishal Yadav on Friday. Katara's mother Neelam Katara had earlier claimed they have been enjoying preferential treatment at Tihar Jail. CNN-IBN had reported that both the accused had made 151 medical outings in four years. The Delhi High Court on February 1 asked Tihar Jail authorities to produce medical records of Vikas Yadav...
09:31 AM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant bail to Vishal Yadav, who along with his cousin Vikas, is serving life term for killing Nitish Katara in 2002. A bench of justices BS Chauhan and TS Thakur, however, asked the Delhi High Court to decide expeditiously the appeals filed by Vishal and his cousin Vikas challenging their conviction and sentencing by the trial court for killing Katara as...
01:59 PM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: Vikas Yadav, convicted for killing Nitish Katara, on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail for four days. Yadav's lawyer told the court that Vikas needed to attend to some property related matters. Hearing the plea, the Delhi High Court asked the Delhi Police to reply to the bail application by November 22. In the bail plea, Yadav sought an order suspending the life sentence, awarded to...
05:44 PM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Yadav brothers, convicted in the murder of Nitish Katara, have been finding an easy get-away in hospitals. Fresh data reveals that Vikas and Vishal Yadav made 66 hospital visits from February 2010 to date. CNN-IBN had reported on Monday that the brothers made 85 hospital visits between May 2008 and February 2010. Yadav brothers have been out of Tihar 151 times since May 2008, for varying durations,...
08:15 PM, Nov 08, 2011
The killers of Nitish Katara, Vikas and Vishal Yadav, sentenced to life imprisonment by the court, have been misusing the system to stay in government hospital for extended periods. ...
10:19 PM, Nov 07, 2011
New Delhi: The killers of Nitish Katara, Vikas and Vishal Yadav, sentenced to life imprisonment by the court, have been misusing the system to stay in government hospital for extended periods. The Yadav brothers, who are sons of former MP and Uttar Pradesh strongman D P Yadav, have enjoyed 85 medical outings in the last three and half years. Recently, Vikas Yadav had spent 25 days in 'A' category luxury...
06:05 PM, Nov 07, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the city police stand on a plea for parole by Manu Sharma, who is serving life term in Tihar Jail for killing ramp model Jessica Lall in 1999. Issuing notice to Delhi Police, a bench of Justice VK Shali sought its reply within a week on Sharma's plea for parole to attend his brother's marriage and related functions scheduled between November...
03:30 PM, Nov 02, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea of Vikas Yadav, serving life sentence along with cousin Vishal for killing MBA graduate Nitish Katara in Febraury 2002, for an early hearing of his appeal against the trial court's conviction and sentence order. A bench of justices AK Sikri and ML Mehta dismissed the application filed by Vikas through counsel Sumit Verma for early hearing of his appeal,...
09:54 PM, Sep 14, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi sessions court on Wednesday held Sukhdev Pehelwan guilty in the Nitish Katara murder. It also held him guilty of destruction of evidence and kidnapping. Sukhdev Pehelwan was the third accused in the murder of Katara. He was present along with Vikas and Vishal Yadav during the murder. Nitish Katara went missing on February 16, 2002. He was last seen at a friend's wedding in Ghaziabad with...
03:25 PM, Jul 06, 2011
Vikas, son of a controversial politician is accused of murdering Nitish Katara. ...
12:16 PM, Oct 23, 2009
