A shocking video of over three dozen students, mostly girls, crying inconsolably together without any apparent reason in their classroom have flummoxed J&K education authorities. read more

The politicisation of rapes shows our inherent sense of social probity and decency is waning read more

Statistics suggest that while there has been an increase in the cases of sexual assault on children, the conviction rate has remained low and the number of people who were out on bail while being tried under Pocso increased. read more

When the religion of the perpetrators becomes more important than the crime, you are witnessing a civilisational breakdown read more

The court concluded that the girl was kidnapped, drugged and raped at a temple for three days between January 10 and January 14 and later murdered. read more

Six persons have been convicted rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua and one has been acquitted in the case...we will examine that [acquittal] and if the need arises, then we will also go for an appeal. read more

Residents say they have lived in fear since the brutality came to light. “A sense of fear is still there in the minds of people of the village. This ghastly crime has brought a bad name to our village,” said Raman Kumar, a 27-year-old resident. read more

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Ramesh Kumar Jalla, a former senior police superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir police’s crime branch who retired in May, recalled how lawyers assaulted and prevented his team from filing a charge-sheet before a Kathua court in April 2018. read more

Mubeen Farooqi, the lawyer of the girl’s family, called the verdict a victory of truth. He said they wanted the death penalty. read more

“Though the verdict has been announced but our child will not come back,” says the victim’s copy. read more

he Kathua case should be a template for these cases: solid investigation and the delivery of justice within a specific time-frame are critical; it is equally important for political parties to desist from politicising such cases. read more

Sanji Ram, a retired revenue department official, Deepak Khajuria, a special police officer and Parvesh Kumar have been awarded the life imprisonment. read more

Omar Abdullah was reacting to the Pathankot court verdict convicting six of the seven accused in the rape-and-murder case of the eight-year-old nomadic girl in Rasana area of Kathua district in January last year. read more

Former Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Ramesh Kumar Jalla who headed the probe into the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua last year said he did not face political pressure during the investigation. read more