Dehradun, Sept. 19 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 18 Sep: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has instructed that a review petition be filed in the Supreme Court in the case of seven-year-old Nanhi Pari, a resident of Pithoragarh, who had been brutally assaulted in Kathgodam in 2014.

Taking cognisance of the acquittal of the accused by the Supreme Court, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the government is committed to ensuring that those who assault the daughters of the state are punished. In this case, the accused had been sentenced by both the lower court and the High Court but has now been acquitted by the Supreme Court. In view of the development, the CM has instructed the Law Department to file a review petition before ...