Ahmedabad, Apr 19: The CBI today filed a chargesheet against 20 persons in the sensational Bilkis Banu Yakub alleged gangrape-cum-murder case of the post-Godhra communal riots. Six who are yet to be arrested include two doctors of Limkheda Hospital, two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DYSP), one Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), two head constables and one Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI). The chargesheet was filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (Ahmedabad Rural) S M Padhya.

This would be the first case of the post-Godhra riots investigated by the CBI and charges framed with just a day remaining for the 90-day deadline to end.

Bureau Report