TNM spoke to CPI(M) leader Subhashini Ali and journalist Revati Laul, co-petitioners in one PIL in the case, about the motivations behind filing the petition an
Eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape case, who were ordered by the Supreme Court to return to jail after their remission was quashed, have not yet surrendered. Nine of the convicts are reported to be missing.
Bilkis Bano case explained: Bilkis Bano was brutally gangraped during the communal violence that followed the Godhra train-burning incident. She was 21 years old at the time, and five months pregnant. Seven members of her family were killed by rioters.
In an affidavit, state Home Department said, state government considered the opinions of the seven authorities the Inspector General of Prisons, Gujarat, the Jail Superintendents, the Jail Advisory Committee, the District Magistrate, the Police Superintendent, the CBI, the Special Crime Branch, Mumbai, and the sessions court, Mumbai (CBI)