LONDON – The rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl at Kathua in Jammuand Kashmir was raised by a Pakistani-origin member of the House of Lords.
The issue was raised by Nazir Ahmed a day before Modi is due to arrive herefor the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Ahmed, who was at theforefront of an anti-India demonstration on January 26 outside the Indianmission here, will reportedly lead another protest on April 18.
Ahmed who wanted the UK government to take up the issue ofself-determination in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and the northeast,mentioned the Kathua rape case while asking how Britain could help bringher assailants and those in other cases to justice.