THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD was gangraped thrice inside the Devasthan or prayer hall, after the mastermind had "performed rituals. One of the rapists was called from Meerut to "satisfy his lust. The girl was confined using sedatives, then strangled and hit on the head twice with a stone "in order to make sure she was dead. But not before another accused, a police personnel, asked the others to "wait because he wanted to rape her one last time.
And all this, to "dislodge a group of Bakherwal Muslim nomads from Rasana village in Kathua near Jammu.
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