Biggest win, says ‘satisfied’ mother

New Delhi, October 3

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Hailing the Supreme Court’s decision, Nitish Katara’s mother Neelam Katara today termed the verdict her “biggest victory”.

“If you see quantum of the punishment, we had asked for death penalty and five years have been reduced quantitatively. It is not any shoe or slipper we are talking about here but the body of my son which was destroyed, so even if I demand 10 more years of imprisonment for him, it should not be a big deal…it is justified,” she said.

Neelam, who has battled hard for justice, however, said she was satisfied that the court had upheld many more years of punishment for her son’s killers than the 14 years usually awarded in a life sentence.

“Qualitatively I am happy that the SC has not taken it as just another murder case as it wasn’t a normal murder but a well planned case of honour killing by the power-drunk rich and thus 14-year jail was not awarded by the SC. Vikas Yadav won’t get remission before 25 years is my biggest victory. It is also a big thing for the youth,” she added. — PTI