Reversing her earlier statement, the girl who was allegedly molested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara said on Monday that her earlier statement denying molestation by a soldier was ‘recorded under duress’.
The girl told a media conference in Srinagar that a soldier had ‘held her hand after which she rushed out of a washroom in panic’.
The alleged molestation of the girl had triggered violent protests in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, which claimed five lives and injuries to scores of people -- including security personnel.
The girl said she ‘had been kept in police custody against her will after the incident’.
In an earlier video recording, the girl had denied molestation by a soldier on April 12 in Handwara town.