On Thursday, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah demanded that CM Mehbooba Mufti should sack BJP ministers who had attended rallies in support of the accused.
On Thursday, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah demanded that CM Mehbooba Mufti should sack BJP ministers who had attended rallies in support of the accused.
When one commentator said that PM Modi should sack the ministers, he said it was Mufti’s job.
He wrote: “Why (Modi)? They aren’t his ministers, they are @MehboobaMufti’s ministers. The power to sack them rests with her, a simple letter to HE Gov is all it takes.”
Minister for forest Chaudhary Lal Singh and minister for commerce and industries Chander Prakash Ganga had attended an event organised by Hindu Ekta Manch, an outfit protest the arrests in the case.
An eight-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, drugged, raped, tortured and killed in January. The victim belonged to a nomadic Muslim tribe in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. After being missing for a week, her body was found on January 17.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police filed an FIR against lawyers of Jammu who tried to prevent Crime Branch officers from filing a charge sheet in a court on Monday in connection with the Kathua rape and murder case.
A special team of the crime branch has made a case of conspiracy, kidnapping, wrongful confinement, gang rape, murder and destruction of evidence against eight accused, which include: Sanjhi Ram, the suspected mastermind, who is a former revenue official and local strongman; his son Vishal Kumar, a college student; Ram’s 16-year-old nephew who is the juvenile, and his friend Parvesh Kumar; Special Police Officers (SPOs) of Hiranagar police station Deepak Khajuria and Surinder Kumar; Sub Inspector of Hiranagar police station Anand Dutta, who was also investigating officer in the case, and Head Constable Tilak Raj.
The lawyers of Jammu Bar Association observed a bandh on Wednesday and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the case.
The lawyers have questioned the credibility of the Crime Branch officials, who according to them are mostly from Kashmir.
The members of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) also on Wednesday staged a protest here, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)-led inquiry in the Kathua rape case. The protestors also demanded deportation of Rohingyas from Jammu.
Earlier in the day, Kathua MLA Rajiv Jasrotia evaded questions about the Kathua rape and murder case.
When ANI tried to contact Jasrotia for his reaction on the rape case, he sent a text message: ‘Sir, I am going to hospital as my mother-in-law is not well.’
Later, repeated efforts to contact the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA turned futile as his mobile phone was switched off.
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