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The police in West Bengal say a young woman was tied up to a tree on Monday night on the orders of the village council before she was gang-raped as punishment for falling in love with a man from a different religion.

The 20-year-old is in a local hospital in critical condition.

13 men have been arrested for the barbaric crime which took place in a village in Birbhum district, some 180 km from Kolkata. However, other villagers deny the incident completely and are angry with the woman for reporting the matter to the police.

"The morol (village headman) ordered that I be 'enjoyed' by the men of the village. Following his orders, at least 10-12 people, including (some) members of a single family, continuously raped me. I lost count of how many times I was raped," said the woman.

The village elders, the police say, summoned the young woman and the man she was seeing, tied them to a tree and asked them to pay Rs. 25,000 each as penalty for their relationship.

The woman's family allegedly said they could not afford the fine.

The police says the woman was then forcibly moved to a small hut where she was sexually assaulted by at least 10 men.

When she was released, she was warned not to share her ordeal. But her family helped her to file a police case.

"Though her condition continues to be critical, she is stable now. She has lost a lot of blood and only because she is physically and mentally very strong, she could survive the ordeal," said Asit Biswas, an official at the hospital where she is being treated.
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Tribal girl gang-raped by members of kangaroo court as punishment for affair in West Bengal

SURI: A 20-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by at least 10 members of a kangaroo court in a Birbhum village on Monday night aspunishment for having an affair with a youth from another community. She is in critical condition after the assault and is clinging to life in spite of the rapists stopping her from reaching a hospital.

All 13 accused — including the village headman — have been arrested for rape. The girl's boyfriend has also been arrested.

TOI spoke to the girl in Suri Hospital on Wednesday evening. Although in severe pain, she feebly said: "I had an affair with a man. We were dragged to a gathering where our community-headman was present. They told me to pay Rs 50,000. When I said I couldn't, they brutalized me." A doctor said she was alive "only because she is a tough tribal girl".

Her mother said: "The crime was committed by our own people. They tortured my daughter and dumped her home late at night. We were threatened not to go to police. We tried to go to Bolpur hospital but they stopped us."

Sources say the girl was raped in a village in Labhpur police station area, about 60km fromTagore's Santiniketan. Her lover is from Chowhatta village. On Monday afternoon, a group of tribal men found her sitting with the man and dragged both of them to the village 'than' (a religious place). A kangaroo court was hastily assembled under the tribal chieftain. The youth was asked to pay a fine of Rs 25,000 and warned that if he didn't pay up, village youths "would have fun with the girl", said a police officer.

On Monday night, the girl was forced into a shed and raped till Tuesday morning.

The rapists forced the family to stay indoors all of Tuesday. Bleeding from severe injuries, the girl somehow survived. Late Wednesday afternoon, the family slipped out and took her to Labhpur health centre, where the doctors advised she be taken immediately to Bolpur subdivisional hospital.

From Bolpur she was shifted to Suri hospital in a very critical condition at night. That is when the crime came to light. Additional SP Prashanta Chowdhury said the woman was gang-raped. "Details are yet to be investigated," he said.

This area had been in the news around four years ago when a teenage tribal girl was stripped and forced to walk naked through four villages for having an affair. Hundreds of villagers molested her and mocked her all the way. They took cellphone videos of her, which exposed the incident four months later. The girl got a bravery award from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is now in a state-run welfare home.

Tribal girl gang-raped by members of kangaroo court as punishment for affair in West Bengal - The Times of India
 
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