Wanted justice, not revenge: Bilkis Bano

Mumbai: Fifteen years after she was gangraped and most of her family killed in the 2002 riots in Gujarat, Bilkis Bano is ready for a new beginning and is hoping to see her elder daughter become a lawyer. All I wanted...

by Nagpur Today | Published 8 years ago
By Nagpur Today On Saturday, May 6th, 2017

Bilkis Bano Rape Case: Asaduddin Owaisi questions ‘double standards’ on capital punishment

New Delhi: Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi has questioned the "double standards" in awarding death penalty to rapists, especially when it came to communal cases. Reacting to a Bombay high court judgment upholding life sentence to 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano...