Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and secretary to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Smita Sabharwal demanded justice for Bilkis Bano after the Gujarat government released 11 convicts in the 2002 gang rape and murder case on August 15.

The IAS officer has asked judiciary to cancel the remission of sentence of the culprits in Bilkis Bano gangrape case. Taking to Twitter, Smita Sabharwal said: "They deserved the noose not garlands. Appeal to the Supreme Court and Constitutional heads to cancel the remission, and restore our faith. #JusticeForBilkisBano."