Murder Accused Arrested In Jammu And Kashmir

Mir Hussain, a resident of Keshwan, was the most wanted fugitive in the district and was arrested by a special team following specific information from Kishtwar.

A woman, her son and three others have been arrested in the gang-rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, the police said. After killing the girl, the accused gouged out her eyes and burnt the body with acid at their hometown in Uri, the police said. The 14-year-old stepbrother and his three friends raped the m...

A policeman and a Special Police Officer (SPO) arrested in connection with the Kathua rape and murder case have moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking a fresh CBI probe into the matter and quashing of the investigation by the state crime branch.

Two BJP ministers who defended the men arrested for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua today handed in their resignations. With public pressure mounting and the party's image taking a hit, the party asked them to resign, say sources.

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 key accused in the rape and murder of the 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, considered a juvenile, is more than 19 years old, a medical board formed to determine his age has concluded. The state Crime Branch, which is probing the case, has named an influential former bureaucrat as the mastermind, but is yet to arrest him. The famil...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said she was despised a rally by a right-wing group for using the Tricolour and demanding the release of a police officer arrested in the Kathua rape-and-murder case.

Mir Hussain, a resident of Keshwan, was the most wanted fugitive in the district and was arrested by a special team following specific information from Kishtwar.

A woman, her son and three others have been arrested in the gang-rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, the police said. After killing the girl, the accused gouged out her eyes and burnt the body with acid at their hometown in Uri, the police said. The 14-year-old stepbrother and his three friends raped the m...

A policeman and a Special Police Officer (SPO) arrested in connection with the Kathua rape and murder case have moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking a fresh CBI probe into the matter and quashing of the investigation by the state crime branch.

Two BJP ministers who defended the men arrested for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua today handed in their resignations. With public pressure mounting and the party's image taking a hit, the party asked them to resign, say sources.

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 key accused in the rape and murder of the 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, considered a juvenile, is more than 19 years old, a medical board formed to determine his age has concluded. The state Crime Branch, which is probing the case, has named an influential former bureaucrat as the mastermind, but is yet to arrest him. The famil...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said she was despised a rally by a right-wing group for using the Tricolour and demanding the release of a police officer arrested in the Kathua rape-and-murder case.