'My Daughter Will Be A Lawyer,' Says Bilkis Bano After Historic Compensation
Bilkis Bano, who was gang raped during the 2002 Gujarat riots, never gave up on seeking justice.
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. 50 lakh — the highest compensation given to a rape survivor in India.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. That is important to me.”
“This was a long fight but I have never lost faith in the Constitution and the justice system,” she said. [ . . . ]
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