In my article given below, I mentioned the 11 persons convicted of horrendous crimes on Bilkis Bano and her family, 7 of whom, including her 3-year-old child, were brutally murdered, and she with 5 months pregnant, was gang-raped in the 2002 Gujarat ‘riots’ (which was organised massacre of Muslims ). These persons had been found guilty and given life sentences by the Court, but they were released prematurely by the Gujarat government on 15.8. 2002.
Justice Markandey Katju writes: In the 2002 ‘riots’ in Gujarat — which was really a massacre of Muslims — a large number of Bilkis Bano’s family members were brutally murdered. She, at the time five months pregnant, was gang-raped by the same mob and left to die. Though the court awarded a life sentence to the perpetrators of this heinous crime, they were prematurely released by the Gujarat government on India’s Independence Day (August 15) in 2022.
