Kathua rape-murder case: Bollywood pained, demands justice for 8-year-old girl
The state of Jammu and Kashmir has split in two parts on Kathua rape-murder case. An 8-year-old girl was held captive for days in a ‘Devisthan’ and raped by six men. The family of the girl is demanding justice but the issue is getting worse and many political parities are also condemning the heinous act. However Bollywood is not far behind and they have raised their voice and asked for justice for the 8-year-old girl.
Imagine what goes through the mind of an 8 yr old as she is drugged, held captive, gang raped over days and then murdered.
If you don’t feel her terror, you are not human.
If you don’t demand Asifa get justice, you belong to nothing.
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) April 12, 2018
A 8 year old is drugged, raped & murdered and another one is fighting for justice for herself and the death of her father in custody.
We have a choice either raise your voice or be a silent spectator.
‘Stand up for what is right even if you are standing alone.’#Kathua #Unnao— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) April 12, 2018
All those who wish justice for women should stand up and raise their voices against the rapists and their protectors in Unnao and Kathua .
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) April 11, 2018
— Tamannaah Bhatia (@tamannaahspeaks) April 12, 2018
So pained to read about #Unnao & #Kathua rapes.. how strongly the government responds will be its true test @PMOIndia .. at least I won’t vote for them coming elections if they don’t take action this time..
— Tisca Chopra (@tiscatime) April 12, 2018
Let that headline sink in for a second. pic.twitter.com/i7pN4fs5Wg
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) April 12, 2018
Children are getting raped & killed all over the country & no one seems to care. Where’s the law & where is god? #ashamed #StopRape #justice
— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) April 12, 2018
When you say you are Hindu and a nationalist are you trying to say that you are an intolerant hate-monger and rapist? If the answer is no then condemn those who have raped #Asifa. Show your nationalism by protesting against those who use religion as a pretext to justify crime.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) April 12, 2018
Equal rights/gender bias/pay disparity all seem like such distant, first world concerns.Lets begin with addressing the unmentionable horrors of the absense of humanity.The only way forward, if at all, from this blood curdling barbarism is justice.Heartbroken and aghast. #Asifa
— Nimrat Kaur (@NimratOfficial) April 12, 2018
My heart is broken and I am filled with anger and disgust. Asifa has suffered and gone at the hands of criminals who have also evidently murdered our collective conscience! #Asifa #Kathua #Unnao
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) April 12, 2018
#Asifa
No justice can undo the tragedy & horror this child & her family have been thru & are going through.
The harshest & quickest punishment is needed for the perpetrators of such crimes.
A country needs to safeguard its daughters, children & women.— kunal kohli (@kunalkohli) April 12, 2018
I can’t help but think of this little girl with a sinking feeling in my heart that this is the end of us. Where there was once hope and faith in humanity, there is now disappointment, sadness & so much anger. I hope for the worst punishment for the scum that did this. #Asifa
— Diana Penty (@DianaPenty) April 12, 2018
A child deserves only love irrespective of caste, color, religion. And a rapist deserves only punishment irrespective of caste, color, religion. #Asifa
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) April 12, 2018
Ashamed appalled and disgusted by fake nationals and fake Hindus. I cannot believe this is happening in my country. https://t.co/V8tKoo6viX
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) April 12, 2018
When you say you are Hindu and a nationalist are you trying to say that you are an intolerant hate-monger and rapist? If the answer is no then condemn those who have raped #Asifa. Show your nationalism by protesting against those who use religion as a pretext to justify crime.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) April 12, 2018
An 8 year old girl was gangraped & murdered in a temple because she belonged to a Muslim tribe that Hindu right wing goons wanted evicted from their area! #Kathua #India this is on us!!!! If in #Delhi pls join TODAY #JusticeforAsifa pic.twitter.com/D8GTf3gYMl
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) April 12, 2018
When Nirbhaya happened, everyone was unanimously against the accused.
Now, there’s a section of people coming to the defense of the accused.
What changed in the last few years? https://t.co/BaqpEFxJAR
— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) April 12, 2018
If these people had an iota of reverence and respect for Hinduism, they’d be up in arms against the people who used a temple to torture, rape and murder a child!
— रanviर_ डhoरeय_ (@RanvirShorey) April 12, 2018
Talking about the incident, the body of the girl, from the Bakherwal community, was recovered from Rassana forest on January 17, a week after she went missing while grazing horses in the forest area.
On January 23, the government had handed over the case to the crime branch of the state police which formed a Special Investigation Team and arrested eight people including two Special Police Officers (SPOs) and a head constable, who was charged with destruction of evidence. Among the accused, former revenue official and the alleged conspirator, Sanji Ram (60), surrendered before the crime branch on March 20 after his son, Vishal, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh. According to a senior crime branch officer, following a medical examination on March 7, the accused who was thought to be a juvenile, was found to be 19 years old.- Inputs PTI