Bengal tribal gangrape case: Mamata suspends SP

In Kolkata, West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan advocated corporal punishment for the culprits.  

“We should have them (culprits) arrested and corporal punishment should be given to them,” Narayanan told reporters when asked about his reaction to the incident.  

The woman's family, in their complaint, said that she was gang-raped by 13 persons after a ‘salishi sabha' or kangaroo court decided to punish her on January 21.  

The victim said that among those who brutalised her were people old enough to be her father.  

The victim and her paramour were caught, tied to a tree and assaulted after which they were asked to pay a fine of Rs 50,000. The gang-rape took place after the girl said that she was unable to pay.

“The morol (village headman) ordered that I be ‘enjoyed' by the men of the village. Following his orders, at least 13 people, including (some) members of a single family, continuously raped me. I lost count of how many times I was raped,” said the victim.

Sources in Suri hospital where she was admitted, said that she underwent some tests and was now stable.