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India court overrules early release of 11 men in Bilkis Bano gang rape case

Bilkis Bano gestures during a news conference in New Delhi [File: Manish Swarup/AP]

India’s Supreme Court has quashed the remission given to 11 Hindu men who had been jailed for life for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and murdering her relatives during anti-Muslim riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002.

The top court on Monday directed the 11 men to surrender to the prison authorities in Gujarat within two weeks.

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