Kathua rape victim’s lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat speaks to the press outside the Supreme Court after filing a petition for shifting of the case to Chandigarh from J&K. It also asked the state to provide security to two lawyers who are assisting the victim’s family. On the demand that the victim’s family be given security too, the state said five police personnel had already been deputed. ALSO READ | Kathua chargesheet: In J-K child gangrape, rituals, a chilling invite and a police cover-upBhim Singh opposed the contention that the lawyers were threatened and said an entire community was being demonised. The J&K Police Crime Branch, which probed the case, filed a chargesheet against seven persons and a separate chargesheet against a juvenile in a court in Kathua district.

Source: Indian Express April 16, 2018 10:26 UTC