Kishtwar girl dies after ‘forced abortion’ bid, teacher held

Girl's death triggers protestsJAMMU: A 14-year-old schoolgirl from J&K’s Kishtwar died after an alleged forced abortion attempt, triggering protests Friday that led to the arrest of a teacher and his brother on sexual assault and other charges.Authorities placed teacher Khalid Hussain under suspension after his arrest under Pocso and other sections from Kishtwar’s Chatroo, where he is posted in a govt middle school in Bamalpora area. “Khalid had allegedly developed physical relations with the girl, a student of his school. Her postmortem revealed she was around five months’ pregnant,” a police officer said.Khalid’s brother Tariq was held for helping in the illegal abortion attempt Thursday. “Initially, Khalid, with the help of his brother, tried an illegal abortion with some medicines in C