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CBI submits report on Bilkis rape case to SC
New Delhi, Feb 12: The Central Bureau of Investigation has submitted its report on the police cover-up in the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family in the post-Godhra riots to the Supreme Court.
New Delhi, Feb 12: The Central Bureau of Investigation has submitted its report on the police cover-up in the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family in the post-Godhra riots to the Supreme Court.
The report was filed in the apex court registry in a sealed cover a day prior to the hearing of the petition by the victim--Bilkis Yakoob Rasool--who was allegedly gang-raped by rioters at the Linkheda in Dahod district of Gujarat.
The 32-page CBI report is expected to confirm that pieces of cloth, exhumed from a mass grave in Dahod, match those in a photograph taken by the Gujarat Police after the postmortem.
There is also reportedly confirmation that the police dumped 60 kg of salt to make the bodies decompose faster.
While handing over the probe into the case to the CBI, the court had asked for an investigation report from the agency.
The Gujarat government had itself offered for CBI probe when the case was last heard by the court.
Bilkis, the lone survivor among 14 victims had alleged that she along with seven other women were gang-raped by a mob of about 30 people in the aftermath of the Godhra train carnage when they were trying to escape to safety.
In her petition she alleged that the Gujarat government had failed to bring the culprits to book and she therefore had to approach the apex court seeking a CBI probe into the case.
The report was filed in the apex court registry in a sealed cover a day prior to the hearing of the petition by the victim--Bilkis Yakoob Rasool--who was allegedly gang-raped by rioters at the Linkheda in Dahod district of Gujarat.
The 32-page CBI report is expected to confirm that pieces of cloth, exhumed from a mass grave in Dahod, match those in a photograph taken by the Gujarat Police after the postmortem.
There is also reportedly confirmation that the police dumped 60 kg of salt to make the bodies decompose faster.
While handing over the probe into the case to the CBI, the court had asked for an investigation report from the agency.
The Gujarat government had itself offered for CBI probe when the case was last heard by the court.
Bilkis, the lone survivor among 14 victims had alleged that she along with seven other women were gang-raped by a mob of about 30 people in the aftermath of the Godhra train carnage when they were trying to escape to safety.
In her petition she alleged that the Gujarat government had failed to bring the culprits to book and she therefore had to approach the apex court seeking a CBI probe into the case.
Yesterday, a special court in Ahmedabad rejected the anticipatory bail plea of three policemen in connection with the case.
Bureau Report