The eight-year-old girl belonging to a nomadic Muslim tribe in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir was allegedly abducted, drugged, gang-raped, tortured and killed in January.
A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a villager in Siddharthnagar area.
The strike was called by different groups in protest against Kathua and Unnao rape cases.
While addressing an event on Wednesday, President Kovind sought to question the kind of society we are developing in over Kathua case.
The Apex Court directed the state government to provide police protection to victim’s family members and the counsel representing them.
Eight people accused of raping and killing an eight-year-old pleaded not guilty and asked the judge for a narco analysis test as the trial into the case, which has become the focal point of outrage across India.
Supreme Court has agreed to hear at 2 PM two separate petitions including the one filed by Kathua-based lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat.
Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Bar Council of India, Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association, Jammu High Court Bar Association and Kathua Bar Association on a plea filed against the lawyers for allegedly blocking filing of charge sheet in Kathua rape case.
BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, commenting on the Kathua rape, said, “They should not have protested. They should have ideally not commented until an investigation was conducted. The Jammu and Kashmir police conducted a thorough investigation and have arrested the accused.”
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