SC directs Gujarat govt to give Rs 50L compensation

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Gujarat government to give Rs 50 lakh compensation, a job and accommodation to Bilkis Bano who was gang-raped during the 2002 riots in the state.

The Gujarat government informed a bench headed by Chief Justice Rajan Gogoi that action has been taken against the erring police officials in the case.

The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna was informed by the state's counsel that pension benefits of the erring officials had been stopped and the IPS officer who was convicted by the Bombay High Court in the case had been demoted by two ranks.

Bano had earlier refused to accept the offer of Rs 5 lakh and had sought exemplary compensation from the state government in a plea before the top court.