
New Delhi: Former Indian Police
Service officer from Gujarat, Sanjiv Bhatt who is known for his role in filing
an affidavit in the SC against the then Gujarat CM and now PM, Narendra Modi,
concerning his alleged participation in the 2002 Gujarat riots; has said ‘what
would have happened if the situation was reversed in the Kathua rape case’ and
the criminals were Muslims.
Bhatt
tweeted on Wednesday “Just imagine how Indian media and public would have
reacted to a Hindu girl being abducted, abused, raped and killed by several
Muslim men while being hidden inside a mosque? All Hindus who are silent about
this ghastly crime that has been committed in their name are complicit.” The
dead body of the 8-year-old girl belonging to Muslim Gujjar-Bakarwal community
was recovered from Rassana forest on January 17, a week after she went missing
while grazing horses in the area on January 10. She was kept a hostage in a
temple and was raped multiple times.
Top sources in the state police
Crime branch said that the DNA of hair strands found inside the temple matched
with those of the minor who was raped and subsequently murdered. “The temple
premises were searched for evidence and clues after one of the accused
confirmed the minor had been held in captivity inside the temple,” a Crime
Branch source said.
Her family alleged that the
police had done little to find her. After the Gujjar community erupted in
protest, the case was handed over to the crime branch, which arrested two
special police officers. One of them is accused of direct involvement in the
murder.
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