One of the accused lodged in Tihar jail in the murder case of IT executive Jigisha Ghosh has been allowed by a Delhi court to speak to his mother on phone once in 15 days.
Additional sessions judge Sandeep Yadav directed the superintendent of the jail, in which accused Amit Shukla is lodged, to allow him to speak to his mother after he told the court that he was missing her.
"Superintendent of Central jail number 5 is directed to allow the accused to speak to his mother on given phone number once in 15 days," the judge said.
Shukla, who has also moved an application for interim bail on medical ground through advocate Amit Kumar, has been directed to appear through video conferencing on the next date of hearing on November 16.
Taking note of the report filed by jail authorities on Shukla's medical condition, the court directed superintendent of Tihar jail no 5 to ensure that the MRI of his left shoulder is conducted on November 27.
"Any further order on application of Shukla for interim bail will be passed after MRI," it said.
The court has also summoned four policemen for recording of their statement as prosecution witnesses on the next date.
The trial in the case began on April 15, 2010 with examination of her father as the first prosecution witness.
Apart from Shukla, other accused facing trial in the case are Ravi Kapoor and Baljit Singh Malik.
The victim, 28, who was working with Hewitt Associate Pvt Ltd as operations manager, was abducted and then killed on March 18, 2009 after she was dropped near her home in Vasant Vihar by her official cab around 4 am, the prosecution said.
The court had framed charges against the accused under IPC and Arms Act, dealing with murder, criminal conspiracy, abduction, robbery, forgery and using firearms.
The recovery of the weapon allegedly used in the murder of the IT executive had led to the cracking of the murder case of Soumya Vishwanathan who was a journalist with a news channel.
Soumya was shot dead on September 30, 2008 while she was returning home by her car from office in the wee hours.
Police had claimed robbery as the motive behind the killing of Jigisha and Soumya.
The accused had used Jigisha's ATM card to buy expensive goggles, wrist watches and shoes from Sarojini Nagar market, police had said.
Her body was recovered on March 21, 2009 from a place near Surajkund in Haryana, it said.
