Tribal woman gang-raped in West Bengal, allegedly 'fined' by kangaroo court
Kolkata: 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.
It is also being alleged that the woman and her boyfriend, who is a non-tribal, were later asked by a "kangaroo court to pay a fine", they said, adding that the matter is being probed.
Police said they have arrested five persons in connection with the incident.
The woman, a widow with three children, was returning home in the Mohammadbazar area on her boyfriend's bike on the evening of August 18 when they were stopped by a few men, she alleged in the police complaint that was filed on Saturday.
They were kept confined in a room that night and next day she was taken to a nearby forest area and allegedly gang- raped by five men, police said.
"All the five accused have been arrested," Subimal Paul, additional superintendent of police of Birbhum district, said.
"The issue of a kangaroo court imposing a fine on them has not been mentioned in the police complaint made by the woman and the FIR. But there are allegations regarding it, so we are investigating that incident as well," he said.
There are allegations that the gang-rape happened as she was having an affair with a non-tribal man, we are also looking into it, police said.
All the five arrested have been accused of gang rape, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation in the FIR registered by police.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
