Bilkis Bano's Rapist Shares Stage With Gujarat's BJP MP, MLA, Other Top Stories

One of the 11 men who gangraped Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat riots and were released prematurely, was seen sharing stage with a BJP MP at a government programme in Gujarat; Soon after stepping out of the Sabarmati central jail here before being taken to Prayagraj by the Uttar Pradesh police, gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed on Sunday alleged that the police personnel want to kill him under the pretext of court appearance in his home state. "Hatya, hatya (murder, murder)," Atiq Ahmed told reporters outside the jail; The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a plea by K Kavitha, Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, seeking protection from arrest and challenging the summons by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case;  Popular Malayalam film actor and former Lok Sabha MP, Innocent died on Sunday after being hospitalised earlier this month. He was 75 years old..