Kathua case: Jail Superintendent asked to appear in court tomorrow

PATHANKOT: A court here, hearing the Kathua gang rape-and- murder case, today directed a jail official of Jammu and Kashmir to appear before it tomorrow after the defence lawyers moved an application seeking meeting of the accused with their relatives.

District and Sessions judge Tajwinder Singh summoned the Superintendent of the Kathua Jail to appear in the court at 11 am tomorrow to help it find a way-out to ensure meeting of the accused in the case and their relatives.

The judge passed the order in response to an application moved by the lawyers of the family of one of the accused, Tilak Raj. (AGENCIES)