more-inCongress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday described the rape and killing of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua in January last as “unimaginable brutality” that cannot go unpunished, and wondered how anybody can seek to protect the culprits. On January 10, the minor, who belonged to the nomadic Bakerwal Muslim community, disappeared from a spot near her house close to Rasana village in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. While the local local bar association held a bandh, the Valley saw protests demanding justice for the victim. Mr. Gandhi alleged that politics was being played over the crime. “What have we become if we allow politics to interfere with such unimaginable brutality perpetrated on an innocent child,” he said.

Source: The Hindu April 12, 2018 12:08 UTC