Newly appointed deputy chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Kavinder Gupta said Rassana is a ‘small incident’ shouldn’t give much ‘weight’ to it . He said we hope that such incidents are not repeated and everyone should get a justice.

An eight year-old girl was raped and murdered in Rassana area of Kathua district in January.  The case has hit the international and national headline.

Kavinder Gupta was earlier Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. He was made Dy CM today in a cabinet reshuffle