Bilkis Bano case convicts under police watch, not missing, says Dahod ASP
The convicts belong to Singvad and Randhikpur villages in Singvad taluka of Dahod.
Bilkis Bano (Express File Photo) All the convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case are under “police watch”, and they have not gone missing, a senior police official in Gujarat said on Friday.
The Supreme Court earlier in the day refused to give more time to surrender to the 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in the state.
“They have been under police watch ever since the SC gave its verdict (on January 8, quashing the remission granted by the Gujarat government). We contacted all of them on that day itself and it did not appear that they had any intention of going incommunicado after the verdict,” said Bishakha Jain, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Dahod district.
The convicts belong to Singvad and Randhikpur villages in Singvad taluka of Dahod.
“They knew that they had to surrender, and they voluntarily came to the police station after the SC order (of January 8) to inform us about their whereabouts. It is not true that they have gone missing,” said the IPS officer.
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