Activist, 3 Others Detained In Gujarat Before March For Bilkis Bano: Cops
NDTV
Ramon Magsaysay award recipient Sandeep Pandey and others were scheduled to participate in the foot march, titled 'Apologising to Bilkis Bano'.
Police have detained social activist Sandeep Pandey and three others ahead of a foot march planned on Monday to express solidarity with Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and seven of her family members murdered during the 2002 Gujarat riots, police said.
Ramon Magsaysay award recipient Pandey and other activists were scheduled to participate in the foot march, titled 'Apologising to Bilkis Bano', planned to be taken out from her native village Randhikpur in neighbouring Dahod district on Monday under the banner of 'Hindu-Muslim Ekta Samiti'.
The march was to conclude in Ahmedabad on October 4.
"Sandeep Pandey and three others were detained from Godhra (in Panchmahal district) at around 10.30 pm on Sunday. They are still in detention," a B-division police station officer said.
