The Congress on Monday hailed the Supreme Court judgment quashing the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, saying it has removed the veil over the BJP's anti-women policies. Pics/PTI/ANI
08 January,2024 08:08 PM IST | Editor
During the 2002 Gujarat riots, Bilkis Bano, who was five months pregnant, fled her home in Randhikpur village with her 3-year-old daughter, husband, and other family members. In the Chhaparvad district, a mob of 20-30 men attacked their group, resulting in the gang rape of Bilkis Bano, her mother, and three other women. Tragically, seven family members, including her 3-year-old daughter, were killed by the mob. File Pics/AFP/PTI
08 January,2024 05:26 PM IST | Editor
The Supreme Court criticised the Gujarat government for misusing its authority and revoked the remission granted to 11 individuals convicted in the Bilkis Bano gangrape and murder case from the 2002 riots. The court directed their return to jail within two weeks. Pics/ Agencies
08 January,2024 02:29 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande
In what could be called as the worst bloodbath in the history of independent India, Gujarat witnessed intense communal riots, which began on February 28, 2002, leaving over a thousand dead, 2,500 injured, and roughly 1,50,000 people displaced in the ensuing weeks. The three-day rioting was triggered by the burning of a train in Godhra, on February 27, which caused the deaths of 58 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya. Following the initial riots, there were further outbreaks of violence in the state for three months. . In the massacre of Naroda Patiya, over 90 people were killed followed by the Gulbarg Society massacre, where a mob of 400 people killed the residents. As the nation remembers the tragedy 20 years later, here's the story of the Gujarat riots in pictures. All pics/ AFP
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