Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said the gangrape and murder of an 8-year-old nomadic Bakarwal girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district in January this year was shameful.
He said, “After 70 years of independence, such an incident occurring in any part of the country is shameful”.
The President who was addressing the sixth convocation of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) at Katra near Jammu said, “We have to think what kind of society we are developing.” He added, “It is our responsibility to ensure such a thing does not happen to any girl or woman.”
Earlier Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, while speaking on the occasions asked, “How can someone do such a cruel thing to a small girl who is a manifestation of Mata Vaishno Devi?” She said, “There is something wrong with the society.”
The victim went missing while grazing horses in Rasana village of Hiranagar tehsil of J&K’s Kathua district on January 10. A week later, her body was found in woods near her village. The DNA and police investigations have revealed that she was held inside a local temple where she was drugged, raped and killed.
