India rape: Gujarat frees 11 men condemned of gang-raping pregnant Muslim woman
Ahmedabad, India Eleven Hindu men jailed for life for the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 have been freed on remission, officials said on Tuesday, drawing condemnation from the victim's widower, lawyers and politicians.
The men were condemned in early 2008 and released from jail in Panchmahals in the western spot of Gujarat on Monday, when India celebrated 75 ages since the end of British rule.
The Gujarat violence, one of India's worst religious riots, led to the deaths of more than 1,000 country, most of them Muslims. Gujarat was then led by fresh Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as chief minister, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party Calm rules it.
Panchmahals' top bureaucrat told Reuters that the district jail advisory committee had recommended the drop after considering the time the 11 had spent in jail and their good behavior.
"The fact is they had consumed close to 15 years in jail and were eligible for remission," Sujal Jayantibhai Mayatra said.
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