No Objection To Handing Over Kathua Rape And Murder Case To CBI: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

The Centre has no objection to the handing over of the Kathua rape and murder case to the CBI, provided the state government comes out with a reference, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said today.

An eight-year-old girl attending a wedding with her parents was raped and strangled in Uttar Pradesh last evening, in a horrific repeat of the Kathua gang-rape and killing that has left India struggling with rage and grief. A child was also raped and murdered in Gujarat's Surat

Eight lawyers have been identified and named by the police in its FIR filed last week against a group of advocates who allegedly tried to prevent crime branch detectives from filing a charge sheet against the accused in the rape and murder of girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.

The rape and murder of the 8-year-old girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir was on Monday raised in the UK's House of Lords by lawmakers, who called on the British government to "intervene".

Seven men accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua appeared in a Srinagar court on Monday for the first hearing in a case that sparked nationwide outrage.

The Supreme Court today did not favour handing over the investigation into the rape-and-murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua from the crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police to the CBI as her father expressed satisfaction over the investigation carried out so far.

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered adequate security for the Kathua rape victim's family, their lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat and others and sought the Jammu and Kashmir government's response to a plea for the transfer of the trial of the case to Chandigarh.

After no one came forward for 10 days to claim the body of a child raped and murdered in Gujarat's Surat, the city police issued an appeal on social media, asking for help in identifying her. The murder of the girl, who the police said was held captive and tortured, is the latest in a string of cases that sparked protests across the country.

Amid widespread public outrage over the Kathua and Unnao rapes, Congress President Rahul Gandhi today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fast track cases of rapes of minors and punish the guilty if he was serious about providing justice to the country's daughters.

The eight men accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua today pleaded not guilty of the crime and asked the district and sessions judge for a narco test.

The lawyer representing the family of the eight-year-old raped and killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua has said she will go to the Supreme Court to request protection as there is a threat to her life. Deepika S Rajawat says she fears she can be "raped or killed"

The father of the eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua requested the Supreme Court today to transfer the trial to Chandigarh, citing a backlash and lack of security for his family.