Birbhum Gang-rape

A tribal girl has been gang-raped in West Bengal's Birbhum district by at least five men when she was returning home from a village fair, police said today.

A 32-year-old tribal woman and her boyfriend were allegedly captured, kept in confinement for a day, and then she was gang-raped in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said on Monday.

A court in West Bengal has sentenced 13 people to 20 years in prison over the gang-rape of a tribal girl at Labhpur village in the state's Birbhum district in January this year.

A Class 6 student in West Bengal's Birbhum district was allegedly gang-raped by three students of her school on Thursday.

The tribal girl who was gang-raped on the orders of kangaroo court on January 21 at Subolpur village in Birbhum district today appeared in court to record her statement as a witness.

A photocopy of an alleged letter signed by a local Trinamool panchayat member outlining the settlement between the villagers of Sabalpur where a tribal girl was allegedly gang-raped and the man she was in a relationship with has emerged.

West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan today said he wanted corporal punishment for the men who allegedly gang-raped a 20-year-old tribal girl in Birbhum on Monday on the orders of a village council.

The Supreme Court today staged an intervention in the horrific case of a young woman in Bengal who was allegedly gang-raped on the orders of a village council.

Observing that the rising instances of crimes against women had "sullied" the image of West Bengal and "people are laughing at us", former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Friday asked the authorities to wake up.

The Supreme Court today staged an intervention in the horrific case of a young woman in Bengal who was allegedly gang-raped on the orders of a village council.

A young woman in West Bengal has alleged she was tied up to a tree on Monday night on the orders of the village council before she was gang-raped as punishment for falling in love with a man from a different community.

The gang-rape of a tribal girl allegedly on the orders of a khap panchayat in Birbhum district of West Bengal on January 21 was condemned today by political parties cutting across the party lines.

A 20-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by 13 men in West Bengal's Birbhum district on the orders of a village kangaroo court that decided to punish her for her relationship with a boy from a different community.

At least 10 men allegedly gang-raped a 20-year-old woman in West Bengal's Birbhum district, reportedly on orders of a village kangaroo court, which decided to punish her for having a relationship with a boy from a different community.

Two more people were arrested on Saturday in the Katwa train loot and rape case in West Bengal. They were arrested from the Birbhum district. Four people have been arrested in the case so far. A woman was allegedly gang-raped after she tried to put up a resistance during a robbery attempt in a train near Katwa in the Burdwan district of West Bengal...

A tribal girl has been gang-raped in West Bengal's Birbhum district by at least five men when she was returning home from a village fair, police said today.

A 32-year-old tribal woman and her boyfriend were allegedly captured, kept in confinement for a day, and then she was gang-raped in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said on Monday.

A court in West Bengal has sentenced 13 people to 20 years in prison over the gang-rape of a tribal girl at Labhpur village in the state's Birbhum district in January this year.

A Class 6 student in West Bengal's Birbhum district was allegedly gang-raped by three students of her school on Thursday.

The tribal girl who was gang-raped on the orders of kangaroo court on January 21 at Subolpur village in Birbhum district today appeared in court to record her statement as a witness.

A photocopy of an alleged letter signed by a local Trinamool panchayat member outlining the settlement between the villagers of Sabalpur where a tribal girl was allegedly gang-raped and the man she was in a relationship with has emerged.

West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan today said he wanted corporal punishment for the men who allegedly gang-raped a 20-year-old tribal girl in Birbhum on Monday on the orders of a village council.

The Supreme Court today staged an intervention in the horrific case of a young woman in Bengal who was allegedly gang-raped on the orders of a village council.

Observing that the rising instances of crimes against women had "sullied" the image of West Bengal and "people are laughing at us", former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Friday asked the authorities to wake up.

The Supreme Court today staged an intervention in the horrific case of a young woman in Bengal who was allegedly gang-raped on the orders of a village council.

A young woman in West Bengal has alleged she was tied up to a tree on Monday night on the orders of the village council before she was gang-raped as punishment for falling in love with a man from a different community.

The gang-rape of a tribal girl allegedly on the orders of a khap panchayat in Birbhum district of West Bengal on January 21 was condemned today by political parties cutting across the party lines.

A 20-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by 13 men in West Bengal's Birbhum district on the orders of a village kangaroo court that decided to punish her for her relationship with a boy from a different community.

At least 10 men allegedly gang-raped a 20-year-old woman in West Bengal's Birbhum district, reportedly on orders of a village kangaroo court, which decided to punish her for having a relationship with a boy from a different community.

Two more people were arrested on Saturday in the Katwa train loot and rape case in West Bengal. They were arrested from the Birbhum district. Four people have been arrested in the case so far. A woman was allegedly gang-raped after she tried to put up a resistance during a robbery attempt in a train near Katwa in the Burdwan district of West Bengal...