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Kathua Rape and Murder Case: Investigation on, culprits will be punished, assures Govt 

Jammu: Minister for Revenue, Hajj and Auqaf and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri on Wednesday informed the House that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted by Crime Branch to investigate the recent murder and rape of a minor girl in district Kathua.

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The Minster was responding to the Calling Attention Notice moved by MLA Kulgam M Y Tarigami in the Legislative Assembly in this regard.

He said the SIT comprises Peerzada Naveed Ahmad, Additional SP Crime Branch Kashmir, Shwetambari Sharma, Dy SP Crime Branch Jammu, Nissar Hussain Dy SP Crime Branch Jammu, SI Urfan Wani of Crime Branch Jammu and ASI Tariq Ahmad of Crime Branch, Kashmir. He said the team is taking requisite steps for collection of evidence connected with the crime and criminal to finalize the case.

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He assured the house that thorough investigation will be conducted and the strict action will be taken against the culprits.

Recently, in a press conference, Chairman All Tribal Coordination Committee, Talib Hussain claimed that the real culprits in the rape and murder of minor Kathua girl were being shielded in a planned manner under the “guise of 15-year-old’s age”.

Hussain, who was detained during protests against the murder earlier this week, said that the persons involved in this “heinous crime” are not being punished because of “political influence”.

Addressing a presser after his release in Jammu, he said that circumstantial evidence on the basis of doctors’ version and people who gave her ceremonial bath suggest that girl was “brutally raped”.

“Her two ribs and a leg were broken. She was given electric shocks. She was clubbed by stones,” said Hussain.

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