In the Kathua rape-murder case where an eight-year-old Gujjar Bakarwal girl was raped and murdered, a Jammu court has ordered an FIR to be registered against the six-member SIT which was investigating the case.

In the order dated 22 October and from the court of the judicial magistrate, a copy of which has been accessed by The Quint, the judge has allowed for a case to be filed against six policemen who have been identified as RK Jalla (Former SSP Crime Branch, Jammu), Peerzada Naveed (Additional Superintendent of Police Crime Branch, Jammu), Shwetambari Sharma (Deputy SP Crime Branch, Jammu), Nassir Hussain (Deputy SP Crime Branch Jammu) Urfan Wani (sub-inspector crime branch Jammu) and Kewal Kishore (crime branch).

The court order reads, “From the gist of the complaint, cognisable offences are made out against the members of the SIT.”