In a tweet, the United States Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) commended India for utilising the new legal authority to "designate four notorious terrorists".
Rajesh Kumar, the father of the victim, has alleged that his daughter was blackmailed by one Salman Suhel over some private images and was later kidnapped to be forcefully converted into Islam.
Tharoor, who has been compelled to eat his own words, has been drawing flak within his party for his recent remarks in support of party colleague Jairam Ramesh
In the Indian Express article, the author has written at length regarding the constitutionality of the Modi government's decision to abrogate Article 370 and bifurcate the state into two Union territories - Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir.