Bilkis Bano gangrape case: Congress reminds PM Modi of ‘Raj Dharma’ as 11 convicts walk free

The Gujarat government has released the 11 men, who were serving life imprisonment for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of seven of her family members in the 2002 Gujarat riots, in contravention to the rules of remission specified by the BJP-led Union government. They had served 15 years.

Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said that the order by the Gujarat government was “unprecedented” and wondered if the PM actually meant what he said.

“Khera asked,’ You let off the convicts citing the 14 years spent by them of their sentence, that their conduct in jail was good, and the nature of the crime… If we just consider the nature of the crime, does rape not come in the category that the harshest punishment be given, that any sentence is not enough? And we saw today that those who were let off, they are being felicitated and honoured. Is this Amrit Mahotsav?’

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