NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today allowed the Jammu and Kashmir Government to file a status report tomorrow in the sensational Kathua gang rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl after the State alleged that the three college friends of an accused might have misled the probe.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was hearing a fresh plea of three college friends of Vishal Jangotra, a key accused in the case, that they were allegedly tortured and threatened by the Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police during the probe and be provided protection by a central agency. (AGENCIES)