Handwara girl, parents free to go wherever they want: HC

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today ruled that the Handwara girl, who is at the centre of a controversy involving an allegation of molestation, and her family shall be free to go wherever they want. The court, however, termed the contentions of the illegal detention or confinement, as was alleged by her parents in their affidavits, as “unjustified and uncalled for”. This was observed today by a division bench of the High Court in its orders in the writ petition by Taja Begum, mother of the minor girl, alleging…

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