8-year-old drugged, repeatedly raped and murdered in Jammu

New Delhi, April 13: Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday assured justice to an eight-year-old girl who was brutally gang raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and said "we have failed Asifa as humans".

"...But she will not be denied justice," V.K. Singh, former Chief of Army Staff, tweeted.

While the Congress has targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his "silence" over the issue, V.K. Singh's tweet also received backlash from several twitterati, who questioned him of his party's stance.

Eight people, including the mastermind Sanji Ram, have been charged with abduction, rape and murder of the "Bakerwal" (nomadic) minor in Kathua's Rasana village in January.

Investigations have revealed that the girl was held in a temple, drugged, repeatedly raped and finally murdered to scare the Bakerwal community out of the village.