Three convicts get lifer in Kathua Rape & Murder case

SRINAGAR — A court in Pathankot Punjab has awarded life imprisonment to three of the six convicts including mastermind Sanji Ram and a policeman in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua.

Three of the accused, Sanji Ram (main accused), Deepak Khujuria and Parvesh Kumar alias Mannu were earlier convicted for both rape and murder while as many policemen–Anand Dutta, Tilak Raj and Surinder Kumar (SPO) were held guilty for destruction of evidence.

Vishal, son of main accused Sanji Ram, has been acquitted.

The three policemen have been sentenced to five years imprisonment.