8-year-olds rape and killing fuels religious tensions in India

April 12, 2018 13:09

"His poison has been spreading,'' said Talib Hussain, a Bakarwal leader. "When I was young, I remember the fear Sanji Ram's name invoked in Muslim women. If they wanted to scare each other, they would take Sanji Ram's name, since he was known to misbehave with Bakarwal women.''

The NYT on the Kathua rape. Do read

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