Bilkis Bano
- India
Politicians who condemned the release of Bilkis Bano’s convicts
The release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case has left the country speechless. Anger seeped through the country when the news of the release hit headlines on Independence Day. Many…
- India
They’re Brahmins: BJP MLA on Bilkis remission panel defends convicts
CK Raulji, one of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs from Gujarat who was responsible for the release of men who raped Bilkis Bano sided with the convicts on the grounds that…
- India
Two BJP MLAs in Bilkis Bano remission panel, claims Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took to Twitter criticising the panel members who granted remission to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and mass murder case. He claimed that…
- Telangana
Bilkis Bano case: IAS officer Smita Sabharwal calls for justice
Hyderabad: IAS officer and Telangana chief minister’s secretary Smita Sabharwal on Thursday said that India cannot call itself a free nation after snuffing out Bilkis Bano’s right to breathe free. Sabharwal’s reaction…
- India
Bilkis Bano Case: After KTR, Kavitha flays release of convicts
Hyderabad: Telangana Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Kalvakuntla Kavitha of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Thursday expressed her views against the release of convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. On her Twitter…
- Telangana
Bilkis Bano case: KTR asks Modi to cancel release of 11 rapists
Hyderabad: Responding to the release of 11 people convicted for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of other Muslims during the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, Telangana IT minister K. T. Rama Rao…
- India
Chidambaram slams Guj govt on Bilkis Bano case convicts’ remission
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, reacting to a video showing convicts in Bilkis Bano being “welcomed” in Gujarat, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exhortation to people to respect women…
- India
‘The message is clear..’: Owaisi slams PM Modi over release of Bilkis Bano case convicts
New Delhi: The Opposition parties on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the release of 11 people convicted for rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case of the…
- India
With her rapists out of jail, Bilkis Bano’s ordeal is far from over
As India entered her 76th year of independence, so did 11 convicts who stepped out to freedom after completing more than 15 years of jail time. According to a PTI report, these…
- India
Got to know of their release through media: Bilkis Bano’s husband
Ahmedabad: A day after 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for Bilkis Bano’s gang rape and murder of seven of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots walked out of jail, her…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: All 11 life imprisonment convicts released
Godhra: All the eleven convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2002 post-Godhra Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder of seven members of her family on Monday walked out of Godhra sub-jail…
