Bilkis and her family had left their house in Randhikpur on February 28, 2002, soon after the train-burning incident in Godhra the previous day. On March 3, 2002, she was gangraped and 14 members of the family, including her three-year-old daughter, were killed by a mob in Limkheda taluka of Dahod.
AAP leader Gopal Italia says, 'When governments put aside the law and make decisions, it is the duty of the SC to step in and protect the spirit of justice and it has upheld the hopes of the people'
Vasava was booked on Thursday after he allegedly threatened forest department officials and fired one round in the air with a weapon at his residence at Dediapada in Narmada district on October 30.