Bilkis Bano rape

Godhra riot rape victim Bilkis Bano challenges early release of convicts in Supreme Court

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mumbai on January 21, 2008, sentenced the eleven accused to life imprisonment on the charge of gang rape and murder of seven members of Bilkis Bano's family.

Nov 30, 2022, 14:08 PM IST

I am ashamed: Shabana Azmi bursts into tears over release of Bilkis Bano gang rape convicts

She even said that release of the culprits of a such heinous crime and then welcoming them with flowers is very 'shameful.'

Sep 01, 2022, 21:44 PM IST

Bilkis Bano gangrape: Javed Akhtar reacts strongly to release of 11 convicts, says 'something seriously going wrong'

On August 15, all the 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2002 case of Bilkis Bano's gang rape and murder of her seven family members during the communal riots walked out of the Godhra sub-jail.

Aug 21, 2022, 11:24 AM IST