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Jammu

Forest Deptt raids medicinal plant factories belonging to close aides, relatives of BJP MLA Lal Singh

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Former Minister gave licenses of factories to kith and kin A joint team of Forest Department and Police on Friday carried out surprise raids on the medicinal plant factories which belonged to former Minister and BJP MLA, Lal Singh’s, relatives and close aides. The Forest teams conducted raids on the medicinal plant factories in Kathua district. Sources told Kashmir Post that forest department employees were called on duty at Bahu Forest department’s office at 7 AM. “The mobile phones of the Forest Department employees were seized and they were sent…

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Lal Singh leads ‘Justice March’, talks of ‘Kashmiri Infection’ at candle light rally

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Continuing his campaign for a CBI probe into the rape-murder of an eight-year-old Kathua girl, BJP MLA from Basholi and former Forest Minister Choudhary Lal Singh on Thursday led a ‘justice march’ in Jammu. Lal Singh, who was made to resign from the Cabinet by his party recently for meeting the agitating people of Kathua, said he would continue to fight for a fair probe by an independent agency. “We want a probe by the CBI. This is the opinion of people. I am doing my karma,” the former minister…

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Lal Singh defies BJP, returns to Kathua with a rallying cry for CBI probe, BJP dissociates from rally

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BJP legislator Choudhary Lal Singh, who was reportedly asked by his party to resign for attending a rally in March in support of the accused in rape and murder of an eight-year-old child, addressed more than a dozen rallies on Tuesday to drum up support for a CBI-led investigation into the case. Singh addressed gatherings at Kootah, where family members and relatives of the accused have been holding a protest, and Satwari, Samba, Dayalachak, Barnoti, Chadwal, Rajpura, Hiranagar, Kali Bari, Kathua and some other places along the Jammu-Pathankot highway. He…

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Conspiracy to evict the nomads behind Kathua rape and murder

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The “conspiracy” allegedly orchestrated by Shanji Ram, principal accused responsible for the abduction, rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl of Rasana, to evict the nomads from the Kathua was responsible for the incident. At least three accused in the case, were against the “settlement” of Bakkarwals in the area that led to the horrific crime in January. The enmity among the majority Hindu community against the nomadic Bakkarwals has the two main reasons behind it: “one acquiring land by Bakkarwals and second animal grazing in forest pastures of Rasana,…

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Kathua Rape & Murder accused plead not guilty, next hearing on April 28

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The accused also asked for narco tests to establish the truth in the horrific gang rape and murder case. All eight accused in the rape and murder case of a minor nomadic girl pleaded not guilty on the opening day of the trial in the principal district and sessions court in Kathua on Monday which posted the next hearing in the case for April 28. On the first day of the hearing day, the counsels of the eight accused advocates Ankur Sharma and Aseem Sawhney told judge Sanjeev Gupta that…

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In a Kashmir Valley, a Massive Dam Threatens to Wash Away Lives

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There are few roads in the Marwah Valley, and those that exist are snowed under during the winter. For the most part, there is no electricity. Snow leopards, ibexes and other endangered animals shelter in the high peaks, while some of the continent’s mightiest rivers rush through lush valleys. The area feels remote, but it’s far from empty. The Marusudar River – a tributary to the Chenab River, which first forms in India before flowing deep into Pakistan – is bounded on both sides by houses. Fields show signs that…

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Our ministers are not pro-rapists, BJP counters allegations over Kathua rape and murder case

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday attempted to douse the controversy that erupted after two of its ministers in Jammu and Kashmir attended a rally supporting the accused in the Kathua rape and murder case. Defending the leaders, BJP’s Ram Madhav said: “On 1 March, a huge crowd gathered in Kathua and our ministers went there to pacify them. A misunderstanding took place. They should have been more alert. Their intention was not to hamper the investigation. The allegations on them being pro-rapists aren’t true.” The defence comes a…

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Outrage across India over Rape & Murder of 8 Year old Kathua girl

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The groundswell of horror against the alleged bid to communalise the gory gang rape and murder of eight-year-old Asifa + in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua grew across the country on Thursday as outrage reminiscent of the Nirbhaya protests erupted on social media. On a day when junior foreign minister and former Army chief Gen V K Singh spoke forcefully for the hapless victim, J&K deputy CM Nirmal Singh said he had called for an explanation from two BJP colleagues — Lal Singh and Chandar Prakash Ganga — but said they…

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VK Singh promises justice for Kathua girl, Congress questions ‘Modi’s silence’

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The eight-year-old girl was gang-raped thrice by her abductors, including a special police officer, inside a temple. The eight-year-old girl who was gang-raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district “will not be denied justice”, said union minister V K Singh on Thursday as outrage grew over the crime and split the state along communal lines. “We have failed..as humans. But she will not be denied justice,” said Singh, the junior foreign minister, in a tweet. Hindustan Times is not naming the murdered girl because of legal reasons. The…

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Abducted, held captive in temple, raped repeatedly: Charge sheet describes atrocities committed on Kathua girl

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The eight-year-old girl was continuously drugged and was gang-raped thrice by her abductors, including a special police officer, inside a temple. The charge sheet filed by the crime branch of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) police before the chief judicial magistrate in Kathua district on the rape-murder of an eight-year-old girl reveals the depravity of the crime, which has polarised the Jammu region on communal lines. The girl, who belonged to the nomadic Muslim Bakarwal community, was kidnapped on 10 January while she was out grazing horses in a pasture…

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