Srinagar, Apr 20: Taking a dig at Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh for showing lack of
confidence in Jammu and Kashmir police in Kathua rape and murder case, the
working president of the main opposition National Conference (NC) alleged that
this is how BJP is playing politics and inciting trouble.
Reacting to Dr Singh’s statement that actual culprits should
be found and pronounced guilty in Kathua rape case, the former Chief Minister
said, “The Deputy CM has just pronounced his complete LACK of confidence in the
@JmuKmrPolice & the J&K High Court which is overseeing the Kathua
probe. This is how they play politics & incite trouble”.
The Crime Branch (CB) of state police has arrested and
produced challan in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Kathua
against eight people arrested in connection with the case. However, the Hindu
Ekta Manch (HEM) has demanded that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe
into the crime. Two BJP ministers-- Choudhary Lal Singh and Chander Prakash
Ganga-- who took part in the protest demonstration by HEM against arrest of
accused, had to resign from the coalition PDP-BJP government following massive
protests across the country against the crime.
Dr Singh had, on Friday, said that it was a bigger conspiracy
hatched from across the border to set Jammu and Kashmir on fire by ranking up
the Kathua incident. He alleged that the case was wrongly projected by
opposition parties and a section of media.
Choudhary Singh, Mr Ganga and HEM are demanding CBI
investigation while the family of victims are demanding shifting of case to
Chandigarh from Kathua, where a group of lawyers had tried to prevent CB to
present challan in the court.
An Eight-year-old girl was kidnapped, raped and murdered in
Kathua in January this year. UNI
