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Grover murder case: Court grants bail to Susairaj`s lawyer

A local court has granted bail to defence lawyer Acharya Murthy, arrested for allegedly threatening a prosecution witness in the Neeraj Grover murder case.

Mumbai: A local court has granted bail to defence lawyer Acharya Murthy, arrested for allegedly threatening a prosecution witness in the Neeraj Grover murder case.
Murthy was earlier defending Kannada actress and prime accused Maria Susairaj in the case. He, however, withdrew from the case following allegations that he and another lawyer Raja Thakur had threatened witness Usha Ramalu to not depose before the court against Susairaj. Murthy was remanded to judicial custody on Saturday by a metropolitan magistrate after which he filed a bail application stating that his custody was not required anymore. The court granted him cash bail of Rs 10,000. The crime branch of city police had last month arrested two persons Raju Wankhede and Munshi Yadav for threatening Ramalu at the behest of Murthy and Thakur. Police investigations revealed that the two were in constant contact with Murthy and Thakur. Mobile records show that the two lawyers had spoken to the accused during the period when they threatened the witness. Ramalu had earlier in court identified Grover`s burnt skull, ribcage and his gold chain and pendent. The police is still on the look-out for Thakur, who is suspected to have fled to Uttar Pradesh. Susairaj`s new lawyer Sharif Shaikh is presently cross examining Ramalu. Susairaj and her naval officer fiance Emile Jerome Mathew have been arrested for allegedly murdering TV production house, Synergy Adlabs, executive Neeraj Grover after an altercation at the former`s residence and disposed off his body by burning it at Manor jungles in the outskirts of the city. Bureau Report