Nitish Katara murder: Summons to Bhavna Yadav

New Delhi, Feb 1: After examining the officials concerned of HDFC Bank, a city court today issued a summons to Bhavna Yadav, daughter of former Rajya Sabha member D P Yadav, for deposition on February 21 in the Nitish Katara murder case.

According to the prosecution, Bharti Yadav has categorically denied during her examination in the court the use of cellphone bearing number 9810038469 and also denied having received any call from Neelam Katara, Bharat Diwakar, Gaurav Gupta and Nitin Katara on February 16 and 17, 2002. The cellphone company has reported that the SIM card number concerned was issued in the name of Ms Bhavna, resident of Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, which belongs to D P Yadav, father of Bharti and Bhavna Yadav.

''It is very much essential to examine Bhavna, real sister of Bharti Yadav, to ascertain as to who was using the cellphone number concerned on the relevant days and dates.'' Bharti's brother Vikas Yadav and her cousin Vishal Yadav were accused of murdering Nitish Katara after abducting him from a marriage party in Ghaziabad in February 2002.

UNI