KATHUA/JAMMU: At least 10 persons including three women were briefly detained Monday amid baton charge by police to disperse a group of protesters demanding arrest of a third accused in a gang rape case of a minor in Jammu region’s Kathua district, official sources said.
The protest was organized by Jan Jagriti Manch near Mukherjee Chowk in Kathua town against the alleged gang-rape of a 14-year-old girl belonging to the scheduled caste community, the sources said.
They said the girl’s family lodged a complaint with the police in January and subsequently two of the accused were arrested while a third is on the run and efforts are on to nab him.
Protesters Seek Arrest Of Gang-Rape Accused
