Justice Bela M Trivedi, Supreme Court judge, on Tuesday recused herself from hearing the plea filed by Bilkis Bano, challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
Former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu claimed that there is "no safety for the lives of women in Andhra Pradesh as the police officials have totally neglected law and order" situation after a medico was brutally murdered by her boyfriend earlier this week.
Supreme Court will hear a plea of Bilkis Bano challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts on coming Tuesday. Bano was gang-raped and her family members were murdered during the 2002 Godhra riots.
Vikas Walker, father of Shraddha Walkar, who was allegedly brutally murdered, demanded the death penalty for accused Aaftab Poonawalla while also alleging that he faced "many problems" because of the Vasai Police.
The headless body of a three-year-old child, who was missing since November 30, was found in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut. The child was allegedly kidnapped by his uncle, who later murdered him.
Bilkis Bano on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the pew-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
The accused husband, identified as 37-year-old Basant Saha, allegedly murdered his wife, 21-year-old Rita Devi, by hitting her on the head with a cooking pan, police said.
The deceased was identified as Shailu Kushwaha (40), a resident of the Murar locality in the district. He was a councillor from ward 3 of the Gwalior cantonment area.
The accused, who was arrested from the crime scene while he was trying to flee late Tuesday night, had a fight with the family members over not having a stable job, the police said citing a preliminary investigation into the case.