Police have arrested 13 men after village elders in India ordered a woman to be gang raped - because she had fallen in love.
A Kangaroo court, locally called ‘Salishi Sabha’, allegedly ordered the rape as punishment for the 20-year-old woman because she couldn’t pay a £244 fine for her ‘love’ crime - falling in love with a man outside her community.
The victim told the police that she “lost count” of the number of men who assaulted her throughout Tuesday night, in Sabalpur village, in Birbhum, approx 111 miles outside Kolkata, West Bengal.
In her police complaint, she alleged the Salishi Sabha summoned her and her lover to their court on Monday and detained them throughout the day and night.
She says that the were then tied to separate trees in the village square as the court issued the order. Full story...
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A Kangaroo court, locally called ‘Salishi Sabha’, allegedly ordered the rape as punishment for the 20-year-old woman because she couldn’t pay a £244 fine for her ‘love’ crime - falling in love with a man outside her community.
The victim told the police that she “lost count” of the number of men who assaulted her throughout Tuesday night, in Sabalpur village, in Birbhum, approx 111 miles outside Kolkata, West Bengal.
In her police complaint, she alleged the Salishi Sabha summoned her and her lover to their court on Monday and detained them throughout the day and night.
She says that the were then tied to separate trees in the village square as the court issued the order. Full story...
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