Emma Watson tweets her support to Kathua rape victim's lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat

Harry Potter actress Emma Watson has tweeted her support to Deepika Singh Rajawat, the lawyer who is representing the family of the eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua.

"All power to Deepika Singh Rajawat," tweeted Watson, reacting to an article on the lawyer.

Rajawat had claimed that she has received numerous death threats for taking up the case that has a politician and a police official as accused.

"I don't know how long I will be alive. I can be raped...My modesty can be outraged. I can be killed, I can be damaged. I was threatened yesterday that 'we will not forgive you'. I am going to tell the Supreme Court tomorrow that I am in danger," Rajawat said last month.

The rape and murder of the eight-year-old girl had sparked widespread outrage not just in India, but globally as well, with activists urging India's prime minister Narendra Modi to strict actions against the accused.

This prompted the government to include death penalty as a punishment for raping children.

Reacting to the increase in number of rape cases reported in India, Modi said culprits won't be spared.

"As a country, as a society we all are ashamed of it. I want to assure the country that no culprit will be spared, complete justice will be done. Our daughters will definitely get justice," Modi said during the inauguration of Dr Ambedkar National Memorial in India's capital city of New Delhi last month.

He said society should work together to put an end to violence against women and children.

"When a daughter comes home late, we're quick to ask them where they have been. But when a son returns late at night, we should ask them the same question," he said.

"We have to strengthen our family system, our social values and law and order," he added.