SRINAGAR: Srinagar Court on Saturday convicted a father for sexually assaulting her minor daughter in 2021.

After hearing Additional Public Prosecutor Muhammad Maqbool Shah and defence counsel, the Fast Track Court of Court for POSCO, Srinagar, presided over by Aarti Mohan said that prosecution has established the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt.

“The prosecution has also succeeded in establishing offence of sexual harassment also against the accused person,” the court said.

“The accused is accordingly convicted and the file shall come up for arguments on quantum of punishment on 11 December 2023. The accused who is currently on bail be forth with arrested and sent to Central Jail Srinagar,” reads a judgement, a copy of which lies with Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com.

As per prosecution, the convict was ‘forcing’ her minor daughter for intercourse, using vulgar language, touching private parts and threatening her against disclosing the same to anyone. 

The victim had filed the case in Police Station Nowgam in 2021 who after completion of investigation, chargesheet under FIR no 95/2021 was presented before court on 25-08-2021. (KDC)

SRINAGAR: A man slaughtered his mother and a minor daughter with a sharp-edged weapon in Bishnah area in Jammu district, officials said. 

They told GNS that the culprit identified as one Jagdev Singh alias Micheal, son of Kura Ram Parbana, resident of Morchapur Bishnah fled from the scene, using his motorcycle, soon after committing the act. 

The officials have asked public to come up with any information regarding the culprit, who they said has used his motorcycle Pulsar (Red-black) bearing registration number JK02CN 0372 to flee after committing the heinous act. (GNS)

SRINAGAR: Kupwara Police on Monday detained a 36-year-old man in connection with the murder of his minor daughter in Zab-Khurhama area of Kupwara, whose body was found with the throat slit in a nearby shed on Wednesday.

As per the family, "On Wednesday evening, their beloved daughter ventured out from her home to go to a shop to buy something."
However, till late in the evening, she couldn’t reach home, following which the family members have launched widespread searches to find her.

They said that after some time, the mother of the deceased found her throat slit near a shed at her home and was subsequently taken to the hospital, where doctors declared her dead.
 
Police have arrested her father in this connection, and further investigation is going on.

More details awaited.