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| Azad for exemplary punishment to Langate rape, murder accused | | Announces a job, monthly financial assistance for victim’s siblings | |
Handwara, July 28- Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today called for exemplary punishment for the culprits involved in rape and murder of a minor girl at Langate last week even as he announced monthly financial assistance of Rs. 5000 to the family of the victim for meeting expenses on studies of her siblings.
Azad made this announcement here after inaugurating the paediatric ward constructed by Indian Navy in memory of the children drowned in the Wular Lake last year.
The Chief Minister said he would consult the Chief Justice of the State High Court for designating a special judge to have the trial of the accused on day to day basis. He asked the police to make a water tight case against the criminals so that they received the maximum punishment available under the law for the crime they committed. He said no words were enough to condemn the incident.
Azad announced a government job for a member of the victim’s family besides a monthly financial assistance of Rs. 5000 to meet the expenses of the siblings of Tabinda Ghani, an 8th standard student who was raped and brutally murdered by four men on July 20 while returning home from her school.
The Chief Minister congratulated the district police chief and his team for solving the case in a record time of three days. He said the accused had confessed the crime. He said the moment he had received the shocking news, he asked the DGP and civil administration to catch the culprits within a week and bring them to book. He said the police had announced a reward of Rs. 50,000 for providing information about the criminals but on his instructions the reward money was enhanced to Rs. one lakh.
Even as the Chief Minister praised the swift action of the police in nabbing the culprits and solving the case, he asked them to ensure that there were no loopholes in the case of the prosecution so that the culprits were awarded an exemplary punishment. He said it was necessary that all the four criminals who had committed the crime receive the punishment they deserve so that no one else dared to do it again.
Of the four accused, Azad said two were local history sheeters who have cases registered against them. He said the duo had earlier faced the wrath of the public who twice blackened their faces for committing eve teasing. He said the police was seeking the antecedents from the respective states about the two non locals involved in the crime.
The Chief Minister denounced as negative thinking efforts to politicise the tragic incident by asking non-local workforce to leave the valley. He said those who raise such slogans should also consider its fall out as tens of thousands of Kashmiris were working and pursuing studies in other parts of the country where they could face a similar reaction. He said instead of politicising the issue the focus should be on awarding an exemplary punishment to the criminals. He said a criminal had to be treated as a criminal and not as a resident of a particular place
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