Angry mob pelts stones at BJP minister's vehicle in Kathua

May 05, 2018 20:04

An irate mob on Saturday stopped the vehicle of BJP minister Sham Lal Chaudhary as they pressed for a CBI probe into the Kathua rape-murder incident.

The public health engineering minister was on his way to attend a board meeting when the slogan-shouting crowd gheraoed his car at Kootah Morh in Hiranagar area, officials said.

The group also pelted stones at the ministers vehicle, but the police swiftly cleared the crowd, they said.

The crime branch has arrested eight persons, including a juvenile, for allegedly raping and murdering an 8-year-old girl from a nomadic community at Kathua recently.

Meanwhile, JK BJP in-charge (IT and social media) Jai Dev Rajwal came out in support of a factual report submitted by five women to the Centre over the Kathua incident.

The group of five women had submitted the report to Union home minister Rajnath Singh and minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh, and demanded a CBI probe into the incident.

The report claimed that the chargesheet filed by the Jammu and Kashmir crime branch in the case had discrepancies and the investigation was botched-up.

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