The family of one of the accused acquitted in the rape and the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua has said they were planning to file a malicious prosecution suit over his “false implication”. A court in Punjab’s Pathankot on Monday acquitted Vishal Jangotra and sentenced three others including his father, Sanji Ram, to life imprisonment for raping and murdering the girl in January 2018. Three policemen, Surinder Kumar, Tilak Raj, and Anand Dutta, were sent to jail for five years for destruction of evidence in the case. “Crime Branch tried to make him a scapegoat.”Jangotra’s lawyer, Vikrant Mahajan, said they will definitely file a malicious prosecution suit in Kathua. He has to file the suit and seek damages.”First Published: Jun 12, 2019 00:10 IST

Source: Hindustan Times June 11, 2019 18:33 UTC