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'We have adequate security in Pathankot', says Captain on transfer of Kathua case

Written by  Nimrat Kaur -- May 07th 2018 06:31 PM
'We have adequate security in Pathankot', says Captain on transfer of Kathua case

'We have adequate security in Pathankot', says Captain on transfer of Kathua case

'Security is the main concern, we have adequate security in Pathankot' says Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on transfer of Kathua rape and murder case to Pathankot Court on Monday morning. The Supreme Court (SC) today transferred the Kathua gangrape-and-murder case to Pathankot, Punjab. The victim’s father had filed a plea to move the trial to Chandigarh. Meanwhile, the accused have filed a plea seeking to transfer the case to the CBI from the police. [caption id="attachment_148381" align="alignnone" width="300"]'We have security', Captain on transfer of Kathua case to Pathankot 'We have security', Captain on transfer of Kathua case to Pathankot[/caption] The victim, an eight-year-old girl from a minority nomadic community, had disappeared from near her home in a village near Kathua in the Jammu region on January 10. Her body was found in the same area a week later.

The girl’s father had moved the apex court earlier, apprehending ta hreat to the family, a friend and their lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat. A separate plea was also filed by two accused seeking that the trial in the case be held in Jammu and the probe handed over to the CBI. -PTC News

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