Twitterati reacts to Kathua rape case conviction

The case was related to the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl, belonging to a nomadic tribe, who was abducted, drugged, gang-raped, tortured and killed on January 10 last year

Twitterati reacts to Kathua rape case conviction

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A special court on Monday convicted six people accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir. A seventh accused, Vishal, who is the son of main accused Sanji Ram, was acquitted.

The quantum of punishment will be announced later Monday. "The court has convicted six persons. Son of one of the accused Sanji Ram, Vishal has been acquitted," Farooqi Khan, lawyer of victim's family said after the sentencing. Netizens on the social media platform, Twitter reacted to the conviction by the local court.

Amen to that. The guilty deserve the most severe punishment possible under law. And to those politicians who defended the accused, vilified the victim & threatened the legal system no words of condemnation are enough. #KathuaRapeCase https://t.co/gL2FfRL3rJ
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) June 10, 2019

Welcome the judgement. High time we stop playing politics over a heinous crime where an 8 year old child was drugged, raped repeatedly & then bludgeoned to death. Hope loopholes in our judicial system are not exploited & culprits get exemplary punishment https://t.co/jBuRUdGa5h
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) June 10, 2019

6 out of 7 found GUILTY in the brutal #Kathua rape & murder case of an 8 year old girl.
One accused acquitted.
Quantum of punishment would be announced on a subsequent date.#KathuaCase #JammuAndKashmir #JusticeForAsifa pic.twitter.com/VYW58KWAyV
— Umar Baig (@786umarbaig) June 10, 2019

Law of the land prevails. Justice for Asifa. #Kathua
— Shesh Paul Vaid (@spvaid) June 10, 2019

Justice for Asifa. #Kathua. The system does work.
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) June 10, 2019

No crime deserves mercy. #Kathua #Asifa ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u008fðu00c2u009fu00c2u008f»
May justice be served to Twinkle Sharma soon. #JusticeForTwinkleSharma pic.twitter.com/ZqLU46zcol
— Bhargav Cherry (@meBhargavCherry) June 10, 2019

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday welcomed the judgment by the Pathankot court which convicted six out of seven accused in connection with the Kathua rape and murder case. "Welcome the judgment. High time we stop playing politics over a heinous crime where an 8-year-old child was drugged, raped repeatedly & then bludgeoned to death. Hope loopholes in our judicial system are not exploited and culprits get exemplary punishment," Mufti's wrote on Twitter.