Court to frame charges in Bilkis case on Dec 1

The court would also hear on December 1 an application filed by Defence lawyer S. Jain, praying for handing over the charge of eye-witnesses to an independent agency and not to keep them under the care of social activists.

The accused are facing the charge of attacking a group of17 members of the minority community in the aftermath of the Godhra riots on March 3, 2002.

Of the 17 victims, eight were killed while seven were reported missing and three — Bilkis Bano, master Hussain and Sadaam — survived the attack. — PTI