Suhail Rather
Bandipora, May 25: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday filed a charge sheet in Sumbal minor’s alleged rape case before special court of principal District and Sessions judge Bandipora.
Superintendent of Police Bandipora Rahul Malik said that they filed the chargesheet on Saturday- 17 days after the incident. The report submitted by the Police include the medical reports, report by Forensic Medicine laboratory (FSL) and the evidences collected by the investigating team during the investigation so far. Special Investigating Team lead by an officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police is investigating the matter.
The accused has been booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) section 3 and 5 and 376 a, b and 342 RPC.
Massive protests broke out across Kashmir valley following the alleged rape of the three-year-old girl earlier this month. The protesters clashed with the security forces in which one youth was killed in Pattan area of north Kashmir.
The Jammu and Kashmir State Legal Services Authority Wednesday released Rs 1 lakh as an interim relief to the minor rape victim in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. The amount was released under J&K Victim Compensation Scheme, 2013.
