Outrage over the premature release of Bilkis Bano convicts
There has been an outpouring of editorial opinions and release of public statements on Twitter against the Gujarat Government’s ill-advised decision to prematurely release 11 convicts, sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. The incident, which happened during Gujarat’s communal pogrom of 2002, resulted in the heinous murder of seven persons and the gang rape of three women.