Srinagar: Former chief ministers including Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti Monday welcomed the verdict of the Pathankot court in Kathua gang rape & murder case.
The Pathankot court today convicted six out of the seven accused, including the mastermind Sanjhi Ram in gangrape and murder of a nomadic minor girl.
NC vice president and former chief minister Omar Abdullah in a tweet called for a severe punishment for the convicted.
“Amen to that. The guilty deserve the most severe punishment possible under law. And to those politicians who defended the accused, vilified the victim & threatened the legal system no words of condemnation are enough. #KathuaRapeCase,” Omar tweeted.
PDP chief and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti hoped that loopholes in judicial system would not be exploited.
“Welcome the judgement. High time we stop playing politics over a heinous crime where an 8 year old child was drugged, raped repeatedly & then bludgeoned to death. Hope loopholes in our judicial system are not exploited & culprits get exemplary punishment,” Mehbooba tweeted. (KNS)
