Yesterday, 11 convicts walked out of a jail in Godhra. All of them had been handed life sentences in 2008 for gangraping Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat riots and murdering 14 of her family members, including her three-year-old child.
The convicts were garlanded and handed sweets, having served over 15 years in jail. They were released after one of them moved the Supreme Court with a plea for premature release. The apex court had then asked the Gujarat government to consider a remission of his sentence.
