On Bilkis Bano Case, Sharad Pawar's Appeal To Maharashtra

The 11 convicts in the case can approach the Maharashtra government with a request for remission of their sentences.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday appealed to the Maharashtra government to take the case of Bilkis Bano - who was gang raped and her seven family members murdered in 2002 - seriously and keep in mind what the Supreme Court has said about the "heinous crime".

The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts in the case, while slamming the state for being "complicit" with an accused and abusing its discretion.

It ordered all the convicts, who were released prematurely on Independence Day in 2022, back to jail within two weeks.