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The Supreme Court sought a detailed reply from the Gujarat Government within four weeks in connection with Bilkis Bano gang-rape case.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court sought a detailed reply from the Gujarat Government within four weeks in connection with Bilkis Bano gang-rape case.
The apex court also directed the Gujarat Government to appraise it about the departmental action taken against the policemen found guilty of negligence of duty.
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During the hearing the victim also submitted in the court that she wanted enhancement of compensation. To this the apex court directed her to file a Special Leave Petition (SLP).
In March 2002, Bilkis Bano was gang-raped and left for dead alongside 14 members of her family, including her 3-year-old daughter, during the Gujarat riots. She was then five months pregnant, when rioters attacked her in Vadodara.
She had approached the local police station to register a case against the assailants. However, the police dismissed her case and threatened her of dire consequences if she proceeded with the matter.
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She then approached the National Human Rights Commission of India and filed a petition in the apex court.
The matter was later shifted to Bombay High Court following which charges were filed against 19 men, including 6 police officers and a government doctor.
In January 2008, 11 of them were sentenced to life imprisonment for gang-rape and murder.(ANI)