Vikas Yadav

Who is Vikas Yadav?

Vikas Yadav is the son of the noted criminal-politician from Uttar Pradesh, D.P. Yadav, and his politician wife Umlesh Yadav, both of whom are currently member of the state legislative assembly in Uttar Pradesh. Vikas Yadav has been convicted of criminal offenses for obstruction of justice in the murder of Murder of Jessica Lal, and found guilty in the murder of Nitish Katara.

Vikas was found guilty of the murder of Nitish Katara, who had fallen in love with Bharti Yadav, Vikas' sister, a relationship that the family did not approve of. After a trial that lasted almost seven years, he was sentenced to life imprisonment on 30 May 2008.

The court found Vikas, son of UP politician D.P Yadav, guilty of murder, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence. The court also rejected the plea of Vikas that the pronouncement of verdict be stayed as the Delhi High Court is likely to hear his application seeking a stay on trial court proceedings today. The judge posed a query to defence counsel G.K. Bharti as to whether the High Court had stayed the proceedings in this court.