Kathua rape and murder case updates

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Apr 16, 2018, 12:57 PM

Kathua rape and murder case updates

New Delhi, April 16: Kathua rape and murder case trial started here on Monday, All the eight accused in the brutal rape, was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM).

Earlier, The father of the eight-year-old victim has already moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the trial to outside Jammu and Kashmir, preferably Chandigarh.

The court directed the prosecution to provide charges sheet copies to eight accused, who allegedly held an eight-year-old girl in captivity in a small village temple for a week in January during which she was kept sedated and sexually assaulted before being bludgeoned to death.

She was drugged and raped repeatedly before being murdered. Her body was found dumped in the adjoining forest area on January 17.

Considering the sensitivity of the case, the J&K govt has appointed two special public prosecutors to ensure the "neutrality" in view of Hindu-Muslim polarisation.