Jammu, Oct. 12 -- The government has suspended a second teacher in the case of a minor tribal girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted and later died. The case has shaken Kishtwar in particular and Jammu and Kashmir in general and left a community grieving.
Abdul Latief Banday, a Teacher Grade-II at Middle School Mehjar in the Inderwal zone, was suspended by the Chief Education Officer, Kishtwar. The order followed his arrest by the Special Crime Wing (SCW) of the Crime Branch, Jammu, on October 6.
The suspension order states that Banday was arrested in connection with FIR No. 27/2026 at Police Station SCW, Crime Branch, Jammu. It invokes Rule 31 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956. Th...