ISLAMABAD – In occupied Kashmir, massive protest demonstrations were heldagainst the gang rape of a minor Muslim girl in Ramban district of Jammu.Leaders of religious organizations, social activists and members of severalNGOs held separate protests on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Ramsoo anddistrict office complex, Maitra, against the rape of the girl, KMS reported.The girl who is three months into her pregnancy is currently undergoingtreatment at a hospital in Jammu, said a protester. He said the matter cameto light after the girl became sick a few days ago. “She was shifted to ahospital where doctors told the parents about her pregnancy.”While addressing the protesters, social activist-turned politician,Advocate Choudhary Talib Hussain, said, “I have been informed by the peoplethat some police officers, posted in Ramban district, are trying to hush upthe matter. They (police officers) are trying to protect some of theaccused by pressurizing the investigation team.”The protesters threatened that they would go to any extent to get justicefor the 13-year-old girl from Varnal Sarbagni. “The innocent child was gangraped multiple times by the five accused. The girl and her parents havealready identified all the accused, but only one accused has been arrestedby the police. How is this justified?” they asked.It is pertinent to mention here that another 13-year-old nomadic girl wasraped around 8 months ago and a case was registered at Ramsoo policestation.Besides her, an 8-year-old Muslim girl, Aasifa, was abducted, raped andruthlessly killed by the Hindu religious men and a Hindu police officer inJanuary 2018 in Kathua district of Jammu region.
Gang rape of minor Muslim girl in Jammu, Massive protests erupt across Occupied Kashmir
