Posted on 09/20/2014 5:43:44 AM PDT by markomalley
An Indian court Saturday sentenced 13 people, including a village headman, to 20 years in jail for gang-raping a tribal woman as a punishment for "dishonoring" her community.
The 20-year-old woman was gang-raped on orders from tribal village elders who objected to her relationship with a man from a different community.
The attack took place in January in a remote village in eastern West Bengal state, where the unmarried woman from the Santhal group, one of India's largest tribes, was suspected of having a relationship with a man from another village.
All the 13 accused were found guilty on charges of gang-rape, wrongful confinement and voluntarily causing hurt, lawyers said.
"The case ended within eight months. The accused were found guilty on the basis of medical reports and statements of 31 witnesses," prosecution lawyer Mohammed Samsul Zoha told AFF by telephone from the city of Bolpur where the court hearing was held.
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good.
All cultures are equal.
13 rapists and 31 witnesses? Was this a catered affair, or potluck?
Gang rape? Isn’t that one of the sacraments of Islam?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal#Demographics
West Bengal is 25% muslim.
What group was this bunch?
IF they didn’t jail the “village elders” the whole thing was a waste of time.
Tribal fights have been going on for years.
The fighting in the Middle East isn’t one little bit different.
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