Charge-sheet presented against 7 in Kathua rape case

Jammu April 9 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch on Monday presented in the court of Kathua s Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) a charge-sheet against seven people accused of raping and murdering an eight-year old Bakerwal (Nomadic) girl.

Some lawyers protested at the time of filing the charge-sheet leading to a chaotic situation police sources said. Later reinforcement had to be called to the spot to tackle the situation.

"The seven accused are 60-year-old Sanji Ram Special Police Officers Deepak Khajuria and Surender Verma Sub-Inspector Anand Dutta Head Constable Tilak Raj civilian Parvesh Kumar and Sanji s minor son Vishala " police said.

The charge-sheet against the juvenile was separately presented.

The body of the Bakherwal girl was recovered from Rassana forest in Kathua district on January 17 a week after she went missing while grazing horses in the forest area.

--IANS
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