Shaken by the horrifying events happening in India recently, the brutal rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl from the Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir and the Unnao rape case and once again everyone is angry, everyone is furious but did the things change? How many more Nirbhaya’s will cry for justice?
According to the reports, in Kathua, the girl was drugged and was held in a temple and then gang-raped by six men. The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir has filed two separate charge sheets against the eight accused.
Outraged by the events, Bollywood celebrities, including Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Javed Akhtar, Shirish Kunder and others requested justice for the minors for this shameful incident:
Dear politicians,
I’d like to see every one of you miserable scum and your army of slimy sycophants put your parties and your bullshit aside and do something to make sure that no child ever has to face what this girl did. But you won’t. Because you don’t deserve this country.
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) April 12, 2018
Imagine what goes through the mind of an 8 yr old as she is drugged, held captive, gang raped over days and then murdered.
If you don’t feel her terror, you are not human.
If you don’t demand Asifa get justice, you belong to nothing.— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) April 12, 2018
All those who wish justice for women should stand up and raise their voices against the rapists and their protectors in Unnao and Kathua .
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) April 11, 2018
A 8 year old is drugged, raped & murdered and another one is fighting for justice for herself and the death of her father in custody.
We have a choice either raise your voice or be a silent spectator.
‘Stand up for what is right even if you are standing alone.’#Kathua #Unnao— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) April 12, 2018
— Tamannaah Bhatia (@tamannaahspeaks) April 12, 2018
Who would have thought that a day would come when protesting against mob lynching would also be considered anti-national? #NotInMyName
— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) June 28, 2017
Please do not turn the rape and murder of an 8 year old into a political circus. The religion/politics of the accused or the girl should not be relevant! The only truth is that she is the victim, they are the criminals and there is no excuse for what they have done! #kathua
— Sophie Choudry (@Sophie_Choudry) April 12, 2018
My heart is broken and I am filled with anger and disgust. Asifa has suffered and gone at the hands of criminals who have also evidently murdered our collective conscience! #Asifa #Kathua #Unnao
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) April 12, 2018