CBI files chargesheet against 20 in Bilkis case Monday, April 19 2004 12:36 Hrs (IST)
Ahmedabad:
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today (April 19, 2004) filed a detailed chargesheet against 20 persons including 14 who have been arrested and six others against whom the agency filed charges in the sensational Bilkis Banu gangrape-cum-murder case of the post-Godhra communal riots in which 14 persons were killed by an armed mob.
Six who are yet to be arrested include two deputy superintendents of police (DySP), one police sub-inspector (PSI), two head constables and one assistant sub-inspector (ASI).
The chargesheet was filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (Ahmedabad Rural) S M Padhya.
This would be the first case of the post-Godhra riots investigated by the CBI and charges framed with just a day remaining for the 90-day deadline to end.