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| Kathua rape: Ensure justice, UN to govt; BJP-PDP alliance under threat? | | | Agencies
Finally breaking his silence on the rape-murder of an 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and the Unnao rape case in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday promised justice. "The incidents that are in discussion in the country for the last two days do not reflect good for any civilised country. This is shameful," Modi said after widespread outrage over the incidents in Kathua and Unnao. Modi's comments came hours after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) got into the act by detaining and questioning rape accused BJP MLA Kuldip Singh Sengar in Uttar Pradesh.
"It's an insult to freedom fighters who gave their lives for the independence of this country. We are all ashamed as a society, as a country," Modi said, speaking at the inauguration of the Ambedkar National Memorial. Right after his statement, Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "Dear Prime Minister, Thank you for breaking your long silence. You said 'our daughters will get justice'. India wants to know: when?" Two BJP ministers -- Choudhary Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga -- who attended a rally in support of the Kathua accused last month resigned from the J&K government led by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. They had sparked overwhelming public outcry after attending a rally in Hiranagar area of Kathua district organised by the Hindu Ekta Munch in favour of the seven people accused in the rape and murder of the minor. In New Delhi, BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi admitted that the two BJP ministers in Jammu and Kashmir had committed a wrong by taking part in the rally. She, however, said they were "misled and misguided" by people and accused the Congress of communalising the rape incidents.
Here's what happened according to Kathua gang rape and murder charge sheet: The eight-year-old girl had been missing in Rasana village since January 10. On January 17, her mutilated body was found, bearing the marks of gang rape. This week, local lawyers tried to prevent the police from filing the charge sheet, and the Jammu High Court Bar Association called for a bandh on Wednesday demanding that the investigation be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The charge sheet lists as the main conspirator the caretaker of the temple in Rasana where the child was allegedly held. The girl was gang-raped repeatedly inside a village temple and kept sedated for hours before being killed by six men, including one who had been "invited" to come all the way from Meerut to "satisfy his lust", the police have told a court. The kidnapping, rape and killing of the girl of the Bakherwal community at the Rassana area of Kathua was part of a planned, chilling strategy to instil fear and drive the nomadic tribe out of the region, reveals the 15-page charge-sheet filed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in the chief judicial magistrate's court. |
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