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Indian woman says gang-raped on orders of village court

By Sujoy Dhar

Friday, 24 Jan 2014 | 12:40 AM MYT

Indian police personnel escort men (tied with rope), who are accused of a gang-rape, to a court at Birbhum district in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal January 23, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

KOLKATA, Jan 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A 20-year-old woman in eastern India was gang-raped by 13 men on the orders of a village court as punishment for having a relationship with a man from a different community, a senior police officer said on Thursday.

The woman, who is now recovering in hospital, told police she was assaulted by the men on the night of January 20 in Birbhum district in West Bengal.

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