Months after an eight-year-old Muslim girl belonging to the Kathua district Indian Occupied Kashmir was barbarically gang raped and killed by eight Hindu men, many celebrities are now raising their voice for the innocent child.
The victim, identified as Asifa, was found dead on January 17 in a near by forest to the Hindu temple where the young girl was reportedly held captive for days and was frequently drugged, raped and eventually murdered by eight suspects according to DNA India.
Many celebrities, including Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Richa Chaddha, Sania Mirza and also Pakistani actress Ushna Shah, have now taken to twitter and demanded justice for Asifa, whose horrific murder was tagged as a revenge for cow slaughter.
Nothing justifies rape/murder of a https://t.co/XoZAXMJEYx dare they use cow-slaughter as an EXCUSE when the act was performed in a TEMPLE?These people are FAKE HINDUS,they are a disgrace to the religion. Shame on ALL those who defend them. #MeToo @SwatiJaiHind https://t.co/2N7eLChuXw
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) April 11, 2018
These men fast on navratras and pray to Devi Ma-yet they defend a man who plotted the rape,torture and murder of a child inside a temple.LOOK at them,SHAME them. If a stray news report can make credible ppl #HinduHaters why r these #FakeHindus not unemployed?RT A MILLION TIMES https://t.co/KlToUDA4aV
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) April 12, 2018
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Is this really the kind of country we we want to be known as to the world today ?? If we can’t stand up now for this 8 year old girl regardless of our gender,caste,colour or religion then we don’t stand for anything in this world.. not even humanity.. makes me sick to the stomach pic.twitter.com/BDcNuJvsoO
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) April 12, 2018
Ashamed appalled and disgusted by fake nationals and fake Hindus. I cannot believe this is happening in my country. https://t.co/V8tKoo6viX
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) April 12, 2018
Imagine what goes through the mind of an 8 yr old as she is drugged, held captive, gang raped over days and then murdered.
If you don’t feel her terror, you are not human.
If you don’t demand Asifa get justice, you belong to nothing.— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) April 12, 2018
This has nothing to do with religion. This has everything to do with monstrosity.
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Some Hindu lawyers even defended the ferocious act and prevented Crime Branch Officers from filing a charge sheet in a court on Monday in connection with the rape and murder case.
These are the so-called lawyers that support the #KathuaRapist. They tried to prevented the charge sheet from being filed. Look at them,do you know any of them?They ought to be shamed. They are complicit in the rape,torture and murder of an 8 year old #JusticeForAshifa RT #Shame pic.twitter.com/aYwUGa8mSC
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) April 12, 2018
A special team of the crime branch has made a case of conspiracy, kidnapping, wrongful confinement, gang rape, murder and destruction of evidence against eight accused.
The suspects include Sanjhi Ram, the suspected mastermind who is a former revenue official and local strongman, his son Vishal Kumar, a college student, Ram's 16-year-old nephew and his friend Parvesh Kumar; Hiranagar police station Special Police Officers Deepak Khajuria and Surinder Kumar; Hiranagar police station Sub Inspector Anand Dutta, who was also investigating officer in the case and Head Constable Tilak Raj.