In January this year, a 20-year-old tribal girl was gangraped by 13 men on the orders of a kangaroo court for having an affair outside her community.
Kolkata: A court in Bolpur in West Bengal on Friday pronounced 13 accused in a gangrape case guilty. The sentence will be given on Saturday.
In January this year, a 20-year-old tribal girl was gangraped by 13 men on the orders of a kangaroo court for having an affair outside her community.
The girl was admitted to a hospital in Suri in a critical condition.
The police also arrested the youth with whom the girl was allegedly having an affair apart from the 13 accused.
The incident had brought the spotlight back on the existence of such illegal courts in India unleashing terror on innocents. The gangrape led to huge public furore across the nation.
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