Court rejects bail plea of man accused of raping 70-year-old tourist
Srinagar, Jun 28 (PTI) A court in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district has rejected the bail plea of a man accused of raping a 70-year-old tourist from Maharashtra.
While rejecting the bail plea, the court delivered a scathing remark on the moral fabric of society and said the incident is a reflection of the prevailing “depravity and sick mentality” in the society.
Principal Sessions Judge Anantnag, Tahir Khurshid Raina, rejected the bail application of the accused, Zubair Ahmad from Ganeshbal Pahalgam, on Friday.
The alleged incident occurred at a hotel in the famous tourist resort of Pahalgam in the south Kashmir district where the woman was staying with her family in April.
According to the police investigation, the accused unlawfully entered the septuagenarian woman’s hotel room when she was alone, gagged her mouth with a blanket, raped her, inflicted injuries and fled through the window.
The assault was so brutal that the victim was unable to sit and move and remained in pain for several days.
However, the accused filed for bail through his counsel, alleging false implication and bias on part of the police due to personal enmity.
