Minor’s rape triggers outrage across Kashmir
Srinagar: Violent protests erupted against the rape of a three-year-old girl in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Monday with students, layers, locals residents taking to the streets and seeking a stringent punishment against the culprit. Besides, a shutdown was also observed across the Valley to mark a protest against the incident. The […]
Students stage protests, demand justice
Srinagar: Students protests erupted in various parts of the valley on Monday against the rape of a minor girl in Sumbal area of Bandipora district last week. The protesting students demanded stern punishment for the accused who has been already arrested by the police. Reports said that the students and the faculty members of Islamic […]
Accused in not a minor, says police
Srinagar: Preliminary medical examination of a youth accused of raping a three-year-old girl in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district has shown that he is not a juvenile, police said Monday. “We are treating the accused as a major and not as a juvenile,” a senior police official told PTI. He said the preliminary medical examination of […]
JRL condemns rape incident, calls it a blot on social fabric
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Monday condemned the rape incident of a minor girl in Sumbal, Bandipora and termed it as shocking, unfortunate, gruesome and an inhuman act. While terming the incident as a stain on the social, spiritual fabric and rich culture of Kashmir, JRL in a statement said that this unfortunate and […]
Guv says am shocked, pained
SRINAGAR: Governor Satya Pal Malik has expressed shock and pain over the extremely heinous incident of rape of a 3 year old girl from Bandipora district. On learning about the unfortunate incident, Governor immediately spoke to S.P. Pani, IGP Kashmir and took detailed review of the ongoing investigations into the case. He directed the IGP […]
