12 April,2009 02:19 PM IST | | Agencies
The trial in the Neeraj Grover murder case, a crime of passion that shocked the city last year, is set to begin on April 17. The first witness to depose against the two accused, Kannada actress Maria Susairaj and her naval officer fiance Emile Jerome Mathew, will be the victim Neeraj Grover's father Amarnath Grover.
The trial was scheduled to begin in March but was postponed after Amarnath Grover was unable to attend court due to surgery. On May 7 last year, Susairaj and Mathew were arrested for allegedly murdering TV executive producer Neeraj Grover and cutting his body into pieces and later burning them in the Manor jungle in the outskirts of the city.
When contacted, Amarnath Grover only said that he wants justice and that the accused should be punished. On the last hearing, the prosecution handed over a copy of the statements recorded by the police between May 6 and May 21, 2008, under the missing complaint registered by Susairaj, who had then claimed to be Neeraj's girlfriend.
Susairaj had first lodged a missing complaint with the suburban Malad police informing them that Neeraj was not traceable since May 7, when she saw him last. The documents were handed over to the two accused.
