{"id":53897,"date":"2018-09-09T21:21:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T15:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53897"},"modified":"2018-09-09T21:21:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T15:51:24","slug":"kathua-rape-case-victim-sexually-assaulted-and-died-out-of-asphyxia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kathua-rape-case-victim-sexually-assaulted-and-died-out-of-asphyxia","title":{"rendered":"Kathua rape case: Victim sexually assaulted and died out of asphyxia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"557\" height=\"330\" data-attachment-id=\"53898\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kathua-rape-case-victim-sexually-assaulted-and-died-out-of-asphyxia\/asifa-rape-murder-probe\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Asifa-rape-murder-probe.jpg?fit=557%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"557,330\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Asifa-rape-murder-probe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Asifa-rape-murder-probe.jpg?fit=557%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Asifa-rape-murder-probe.jpg?resize=557%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Asifa-rape-murder-probe.jpg?w=557&amp;ssl=1 557w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Asifa-rape-murder-probe.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Asifa-rape-murder-probe.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0The doctors who conducted the autopsy of an eight-year-old\u00a0\u00a0Kathua rape victim\u00a0have revealed that she had been sexually assaulted and died of asphyxiation.\u00a0Special Public Prosecutor JK Chopra, who is representing the Jammu and Kashmir Police\u2019s crime branch\u00a0 said the doctor&#8217;s statement have\u00a0strengthened his case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The doctors recently recorded their statement in the court of the chief judicial magistrate.\u00a0The doctors who conducted the postmortem said that the victim was subjected to sexual assault and cited asphyxia as the reason behind her death.\u00a0As many as 54 witnesses have appeared before the court so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pathankot District and Sessions Judge Tejwinder Singh is hearing the case after it was transferred on the orders of the Supreme Court on a plea filed by the victim\u2019s family.\u00a0On June 8, the court filed rape and murder against the seven accused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the chargesheet filed in the case, the eight-year-old victim was abducted on January 10.She was kept sedated, and was sexually assaulted and raped repeatedly in a temple for days\u00a0and killed on January 14. 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