New Delhi | The Supreme Court today directed the Gujarat state government to pay 50 lakh as compensation to gang-rape victim Bilkis Bano in the 2002 Gujarat Riot case.
The bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna also directed the state government to provide Bilkis Bano with a government job and accommodation as per rules.
Earlier in March this year Bano had turned down the 5 Lakh worth compensation offered by Gujarat government
The Gujarat government also informed the top court that the Gujarat government that action has been taken against the erring police officials in the case.
The state counsel also informed the bench that pension benefits of the erring officials have been stopped and the IPS officer who was convicted by the Bombay High Court in the case has been demoted by two ranks.
The top court had earlier asked the Gujarat government to take disciplinary action in two weeks against the erring police officials, including an IPS officer, convicted by the Bombay High Court in the case.
A special court had on 21 January, 2008 convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment 11 men for raping Bano and murdering seven of her family members in the aftermath of the Godhra riots, while acquitting seven persons including the policemen and doctors.
With Inputs from PTI
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