New Delhi, April 12: Congress President Rahul Gandhi will go on a candle march with Congress leaders at midnight. The march will be candle-march and will end at India Gate. The stated objective for the march is to demand justice for the 8-year-old girl who was brutally raped and mercilessly killed by certain people in Jammu and Kashmir. Rahul Gandhi has also tweeted about the candle march and asked people to join him for the "peaceful" walk:

The details of the horrific Kathua rape case  are as follows: Earlier in January, eight-year-old rape victim, belonging to a nomadic Muslim tribe in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, was allegedly abducted, drugged, raped, and killed. Her body was found a week later. The Jammu and Kashmir Police filed an FIR against lawyers of Jammu, who tried to prevent Crime Branch officers from filing a charge sheet in a court on Monday in connection with the Kathua rape and murder case.

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, which 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 who is the juvenile, and his friend Parvesh Kumar; Special Police Officers (SPOs) of Hiranagar police station Deepak Khajuria and Surinder Kumar; Sub Inspector of Hiranagar police station Anand Dutta, who was also investigating officer in the case, and Head Constable Tilak Raj.

Meanwhile, the family members of the accused and Hindu Ekta Manch members staged protest in Kathua today, demanding a CBI probe into the case. Earlier, the members of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) and lawyers of Jammu Bar Association also protested with similar demands.

The Kathua rape case which killed the eight-year-old rape victim and the Unnao rape case has generated huge uproar in the country. People from all walks of life including Bollywood stars and celebrities have been tweeting about the incident. The demand for justice for the 8-year-old has been getting louder, meanwhile the Unnao rape case has been transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). (With Agency Inputs)

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