Verdict in rape-murder of Kathua girl likely today

June 10, 2019 10:28

The verdict in the gang-rape, torture and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, which shocked the nation, is expected to be pronounced by a special court in Pathankot today.

Charges of rape and murder were framed against seven of eight accused in the case; one of them believed to be a minor. The accused, if convicted, would face a minimum sentence of life imprisonment and a maximum of death penalty.

The in-camera trial in the case ended on June 3, following which District and Sessions Judge Tejwinder Singh announced that the verdict would be delivered today. Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place because of the high-profile nature of the case.

According to the charge-sheet, the girl, who belonged to a Muslim nomadic tribe, was kidnapped and held captive at a village temple in Kathua district on January 10 last year. She was drugged, starved and repeatedly raped for days. She was finally strangled and her head was bashed in with a rock.

The child's mutilated body was found in a forest area on January 17.

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