Ex-Judge Who Convicted Bilks Bano's Rapists Questions Their Release https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FHzActgFU4 Aug 23, 2022 Eleven men who raped 2002 Gujarat riots survivor Bilkis Bano and killed seven members of her family should not have been released, the judge who convicted them 14 years ago has said, criticising the sweets-and-garland welcome for them by politicians with "one ideology". "Whoever took this decision, should reconsider this, that's all I can say," Justice UD Salvi, who retired as a Bombay High Court judge, said on Tuesday in Mumbai.
Rajdeep Sardesai Gets Emotional As Lawyer Shobha Gupta Shares Story Of Bilkis Bano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAPwWDFQg0 Aug 23, 2022 Three Gujarat Congress MLAs have sought President Droupadi Murmu’s direction to the Union government and the Gujarat government to withdraw the remission of sentences of 11 men convicted of rape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case. In a joint letter to the President, Gyasuddin Sheikh, Imran Khedawala and Javed Pirzada termed the decision of releasing the convicts “shameful”, “insensitive” and disappointing for those struggling to fight for justice.