NEW DELHI — Seventeen years after she was gang raped during the Gujarat riots in 2002, Bilkis Bano thanked the Supreme Court for ordering the state government to pay her compensation worth Rs. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, Bilkis said, “The Supreme Court has acknowledged the pain that I have endured for 17 years. On 3 March, 2002, Bilkis was gang-raped in Randhikpur village near Dahod in Gujarat. Rejecting the closure report, the Supreme Court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over. 50 lakh compensation, the Supreme Court has ordered the Gujarat government to give her accommodation at the place of her choice and a job.

Source: Huffington Post April 24, 2019 18:45 UTC