Bilkis Bano case convicts not ‘missing’, under police watch, official says

All the 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case of 2002, who are currently out on remission, are under ‘police watch’ and are not missing

All the 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case of 2002, who are currently out on remission, are under ‘police watch’ and are not missing, PTI reported on Friday, quoting a senior Gujarat Police officer.

“They have been under police watch ever since the SC gave its verdict (on January 8, quashing the remission granted by the Gujarat government),” Assistant Superintendent of Police, Limkheda division, Bishakha Jain said. "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."