Nitish Katara murder accused Vikas Yadav's sister and key witness Bharti Yadav has said that her brothers are innocent. This is the first time in all these years that Bharti, who flew into the country on Wednesday night from London, has come out in the open with a comment on the case.
In an exclusive conversation with TOI from an undisclosed destination over phone, Bharti categorically said that her father D P Yadav's political rivals had hatched this conspiracy to finish his political career. "I am devastated with what is happening to my brothers. I want to make it clear to anybody, who is interested in the fact that they are innocent. I came because I wanted to be with my family during this crisis," said Bharti with a lump in her throat.
Queries about her father's allegations that certain UP politicians had colluded with Neelam Katara left her fuming. "It's obvious that she has the backing of powerful people. The way certain aspects of the case were ignored, you can make out what is happening even if you have a little bit of common sense. They don't just want to grind my father to the dust, but also eliminate the entire family. That's why my name was dragged into the case," said Bharti, adding that she was proud of her father and that he was paying a price for being a politician.
On her relations with victim Nitish Katara, Bharti said that she stood by her statement in the court last year that he was just a friend and that she had no plans to marry him. "I don't want to say the same thing again and again. At the moment I am focused only on what will happen to my brothers, who are innocent. I am praying that nothing happens to my brothers, whom I love from the core of my heart," she stated. She, however, did not say whether or not she would be present in court on Friday.
Bharti, who sounded tired and depressed, said that she would return to London in 3-4 days. "I have to go back because I am studying there. I can't describe in words how miserable I feel. My life is in tatters. I have only tried to maintain a dignified silence all this while. I always knew that my brothers were innocent," said Bharti, who has been living in London for the past 5 years. On suggestions that she might eventually join politics, she merely said that she wanted to focus only on how to help her brothers as of now.
Bharti was accompanied by her mother Urmilesh Yadav, an MLA from Bisauli in Bulandhahar, when she spoke to TOI . Urmilesh too spoke for the first time on Thursday and blamed the media for what happened to her son. "It was of course a conspiracy, involving powerful people. What has really hurt me though is the bias shown by the media. Whatever they say is taken as gospel truth and when we say something it is ignored. I am now in danger of losing my kids who are innocent," she lamented.
Vikas and his cousin Vishal Yadav were convicted in the case on Wednesday. Her father D P Yadav had told Times City on Wednesday that he got a call from his daughter, soon after the conviction, saying that her brother was innocent. As it now transpires, she took a flight to India immediately after news about the conviction broke out.
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