The 20-year-old tribal woman was repeatedly brutalised by over a dozen men on the orders of the village headman after she was found "guilty of having an affair with a man outside her community".
The incident happened Monday night in Birbhum district's Subalpur village. While the man, a married mason older than the tribal woman, was let off on payment of a fine, the woman and her family pleaded that the fine amount was too large and they could not afford to pay it.
The state, of late, has witnessed a spate of crimes against women, including several cases of gang rape and murder.
West Bengal has failed to prevent crimes like rape, says Governor Narayanan
Kolkata: In the wake of the gruesome gang rape of a tribal woman allegedly at the behest of a kangaroo court, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Saturday admitted that the administration has failed to prevent
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