NEW DELHI – The lawyer of Kathua rape murder victim’s family, Deepika SRajawat, has claimed threat to her life. She claimed that she wasthreatened and fears that she might be even raped or killed. The lawyer hasdecided to formally inform the Supreme Court about the alleged threats shehas been receiving.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Deepika said, “I don’t know till when I willbe alive. I can be raped, my modesty can be outraged, I can be killed, Ican be damaged. I was threatened that ‘we will not forgive you’. I am goingto tell SC that I am in danger.”
This comes ahead of the beginning of the triallink>inthe brutal gangrape and murder case of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua. Thetrial is slated to be held against eight accused, including a juvenile, whoallegedly held the minor girl in captivity in a village temple in Kathuadistrict. The minor girl was allegedly sedated and sexually assaultedbefore being murdered.
Meanwhile, a five-member committee of the Bar Council of India (BCI) willvisit Kathua city in Jammu and Kashmir and submit a factual report on thecase after seeking time from the Supreme Court on April 19. An announcementin this regard was made by BCI chief Manan Mishra on Sunday.
The fact-finding team will include former BCI chief Tarun Agarwal, BCIco-chairmen S Prabakaran and Ramachandra G Shah, and members Razia Beig ofthe Bar Council of Uttrakhand and Naresh Dikshit, an advocate.
They will visit the state and reach out to office-bearers of the BarAssociations of Jammu and Kathua and also meet the affected families andthe common people to figure out what actually transpired, Mishra toldreporters.
In a related development, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Muftion Sunday accepted the resignations of two controversial BJP ministersChandra Prakash Ganga and Lal Singh who had participated in a rally insupport of the people arrested in connection with the recent rape andmurder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Kathua district.
An eight-year-old girl belonging to the nomadic community had gone missingon January 10 while grazing horses in Rasana forest in Kathua’s Hiranagararea. Her body was found a week later. Police investigations revealed shewas held captive inside a temple, sedated and repeatedly raped before hermurder.