13-yr old raped by school mates in West Bengal
The girl was taken near a pond and raped by three school seniors. Later when her father approached a local village head they set up a kangaoroo court and asked the accused boys to give the girl's family rice or rice liquor as penalty, said reports.
However, the father approached the police with his daughter. Arrests are being made, said reports.
The police FIR of the girl's father did not mention kangaroo court though, said reports.
In Birbhum district a woman was raped by about 13 men in January at the behest of a kangaroo court for her love affair with a man outside the community, sending shock waves across the nation.
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