Neelam Katara grateful over Delhi HC's verdict in son's murder case

Nitish Katara's mother, Neelam Katara, on Wednesday expressed content over the Delhi High Court's verdict and stated that she will continue her fight till she gets justice in her son's murder case.

"This was a major step towards getting justice in this case. As a citizen and a mother, I feel extremely happy with the court's verdict. I am grateful to the judiciary and all the people who gave me moral support and media has connected all of us. We are going to fight this case till it reaches its logical conclusion," Neelam Katara said.

Earlier, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the trial court's verdict of life sentence to all the three convicts in the Nitish Katara murder case.

The court has termed the murder case to be a one that of honour killing.

The three accused in this case Vikas Yadav, son of UP politician D P Yadav, his cousin Vishal and Sukhdev had earlier appealed to High Court challenging their conviction and imprisonment for life by a lower court.

Earlier, a division bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice J.R. Midha had reserved the judgment on April 16 last year.

According to the prosecution, Vikas and Vishal killed Nitish Katara on the night of February 17, 2002 after abducting him from a marriage party in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad. The three murdered Katara as he was having an intense relationship Bharti Yadav, who was the sister of Vikas Yadav who is an accused in the murder case.