
Ajay Katara's wife arrested in forgery case
Estranged wife of Ajay Katara, the prime witness in Nitish Katara murder case, has been arrested in connection with a forgery case.
By HT Correspondent | PTI, Ghaziabad
UPDATED ON FEB 12, 2008 06:07 PM IST
Estranged wife of Ajay Katara, the prime witness in Nitish Katara murder case, was on Tuesday arrested in connection with a forgery case.
Tannu Choudhary was arrested by Sahibabad police in Ghaziabad for the one-year-old case, SSP Deepak Ranjan said.
Earlier, a court had issued non-bailable warrant against Choudhary who was at large.
Ajay had lodged an FIR last year, alleging that Choudhary and former Rajya Sabha MP D P Yadav had committed a forgery of Rs six lakh with him.
Yadav is the father of Vikash Yadav who is the prime accused in the Nitish Katara murder case.

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