Condemning the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case of 2002, members of 25 organisations under the banner of Daurjanya Virodhi Vedike - Kalaburagi took out a protest march here on Friday.
Agitators gathered at Jagat circle raised slogans demanding the Gujarat government to rescind the decision and send the convicts involved in heinous crime back to jail. The protestors marched towards the Deputy Commissioner’s office and submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India through district administration.
“Atrocities on women are on the rise in the country. When the courts have awarded them life imprisonment, the Gujarat government’s decision to release the convicts in the Bilkis case is a shameful one,” Activist K. Neela said.
