Kathua Accused Sanji Ram

The bail application of main accused Sanji Ram, sentenced to undergo a life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl in Kathua, has been posted for hearing on February 24 by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

A court on Monday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, a lawyer for the defence said, in a case that sparked outrage across the country. Three other men also convicted in the case were given a five-year prison sentence, lawyer Vinod Mahajan told ...

The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir have carried out scientific tests to support its probe that Vishal Jangotra, an accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, was not in Meerut when the crime took place in January.

Sanji Ram, the main accused in the rape and murder of the eight-year-old girl in Kathua told the Supreme Court that he was innocent and the probe should be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, to get the real culprits.

Police investigating the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua say that Sanji Ram, one of the main accused, has told them during interrogation that he learnt about the rape four days after her abduction, and decided to have her killed because his son was also involved in the sexual assault.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who also holds the Home portfolio, on Saturday terminated the services of four policemen accused in the rape and murder of a minor in Kathua district.

In her first comments on two rape cases -- Kathua and Unnao -- that have jolted India, Union Minister Smriti Irani condemned "attempts to politicise" the incidents and said: "As a woman, I request victim-shaming to be stopped."

A retired government officer accused of planning the kidnapping, gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua in January surrendered to the police today. Sanji Ram, 60, had been avoiding arrest since the high court directed the crime branch to arrest him.

The bail application of main accused Sanji Ram, sentenced to undergo a life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl in Kathua, has been posted for hearing on February 24 by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

A court on Monday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, a lawyer for the defence said, in a case that sparked outrage across the country. Three other men also convicted in the case were given a five-year prison sentence, lawyer Vinod Mahajan told ...

The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir have carried out scientific tests to support its probe that Vishal Jangotra, an accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, was not in Meerut when the crime took place in January.

Sanji Ram, the main accused in the rape and murder of the eight-year-old girl in Kathua told the Supreme Court that he was innocent and the probe should be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, to get the real culprits.

Police investigating the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua say that Sanji Ram, one of the main accused, has told them during interrogation that he learnt about the rape four days after her abduction, and decided to have her killed because his son was also involved in the sexual assault.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who also holds the Home portfolio, on Saturday terminated the services of four policemen accused in the rape and murder of a minor in Kathua district.

In her first comments on two rape cases -- Kathua and Unnao -- that have jolted India, Union Minister Smriti Irani condemned "attempts to politicise" the incidents and said: "As a woman, I request victim-shaming to be stopped."

A retired government officer accused of planning the kidnapping, gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua in January surrendered to the police today. Sanji Ram, 60, had been avoiding arrest since the high court directed the crime branch to arrest him.