The attack followed a theft probe in a Muslim-dominated area. Police denied any communal angle, even though caste slurs were hurled and Hindus were threatened with beheading during their Raja festival preparations.
"...offence was committed in such a way that the private part of the victim was torn and after committing the offence, the victim was thrown in the solitary place treating her that she had died,” the judges said.
Uttarakhand government led by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has been conducting a statewide anti-encroachment drive to free the government land of illegal structures.
This pattern of throwing cow meat pieces in front of temples, suggest that a co-ordinated campaign orchestrated by Islamists to desecrate sacred Hindu places is at play.
In a major development in the Sambhal violence case, police have filed a chargesheet against 23 individuals, including Samajwadi Party (SP) Member of Parliament Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and Suhail Iqbal, son of SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood.
Another case of love jihad against Hindu girls by trapping them in love affairs and marrying them has come to light from Indore. Congress councilor Anwar Qadri used to pay money to Muslim boys to trap Hindu girls.
"Necessary steps must be taken to prevent looting of our valuables. I am making a heartfelt request to the government. The Hindu community is unable to bear the atrocities committed against it," a Hindu woman stated.