Rape of Minor Girl: Amid Shutdown, Protests, Clashes Across Kashmir

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Srinagar: People have hit the streets across all the parts of Kashmir against the alleged rape of a minor girl in Bandipora.
The heinous crime of rape attempted against a 3 year old girl in Sumbal has disrupted the normal life in various places of Kashmir. Last week, on May 8, a three year old minor girl was abducted by his neighbour, and then raped by him brutally.
According to the information and bits received from many public folks reveal that the victim was coaxed by the culprit to a nearby school. “The accused had raped her in the school’s washroom”, said one of the locals.
Police forces at several places had to resort to the use of teargas shelling for dispersing the crowd gathered, that had blocked the vehicular movement while demanding a speedy trials in the case.One of the protesters while talking to the media said, “In no way shall be the culprit exonerated in the case. Kashmir is not known for this vulgarity. He must be punished with the tougher laws against this shameful crime he has done.”
Politicians, including the separatists have also equally expressed grief and anguish over this inhumane act. Syed Ali Shah Geelani has said that such incidents do not appear lesser like any black stain or blemish on the Social fabric of Kashmir’s Society.”
He has felt it highly despising.
The protesters in place have also demanded for the immediate arrest of the school principal. It has been said that the bribed principal had issued a certificate earlier, which declared the accused as a minor. Going ahead in the investigations, for now Police has detained the principal for questioning too.Students from different parts of the valley also took part in the protests against the alleged rape of the minor girl.
Sopore, Srinagar, Bandipora and all across the valley, and respectively in the higher educational institutes like Govt Degree College Bandipora, Kashmir University, GDC Sopore and IUST Students in the uniform protested on the roads and demanded justice for the 3 year old rape victim.
To bring the situation under control, and to bring down the general public’s resentment in place, SSP Bandipora, Rahul Malik said that an SIT compromising SDPO Sumbal and Senior Prosecuting Officer would investigate into the entire matter.
He further added into his statements, that the police was taking the accused as major. And the certificate that was uploaded on the social media regarding the age of the accused was fake. So, Police has requested to the people to not to believe in any lie and rumor related to the case.

“Now with the help of the medical tests, will be determined the age of the rape accused, which will be conducted by an expert medical team”, an official said.
The High court Bar Association has also suspended the work for the day today in solidarity with the minor girl.

Meanwhile, a girl was injured during protests in Sopore town of North Kashmir. locals said that the girl was injured after hundreds of students from higher secondary schools of both boys and girls clashes with police during the protests.

The internet shutdown continues on second consecutive day today in many parts of valley following the protests over the horrific rape incident.

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