7 members of Balqis Banos family, including her daughter, were killed. Then she was raped.
New Delhi:
Bilkis Banu said she was “disadvantaged of The words ‘and ‘numb’ after 11 men who Raped her during the Gujarat riots in 2002 set Free. “I trusted highest the courts. I trusted systemAnd I was learning slowly live with My shock.” On August 15, all eleven convicts who were sentenced to life in prison out of Godhra branch-jail After BJP government in Gujarat allowed their release under remission policy. seven members of Balqis Banos family, including her young son and daughter were killed. woman who She was five months pregnant, and then she was gang-raped.
Bilkis Banu’s full statement is here:
