Eleven men jailed for life for the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman have been freed on remission, officials said.
The men were convicted in early 2008 and released from jail in Panchmahals in the western state of Gujarat on Monday, when India celebrated 75 years 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 people, most of them Muslims. Gujarat was then led by current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as chief minister, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party still rules it.
Some people in a cheering crowd called for her to be raped. Many were womenMedia footage showed a man feeding the convicts sweetmeat outside the jail after touching the feet of one of them, a mark of respect.The widower of the victim told Reuters they were disappointed because the riots had also killed many family members."We have lost our family and want to live in peace, but suddenly this has happened," Yakub Rasul said.
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