In another shocking sexual crime out of India, a village leader reportedly ordered the "revenge rape" of a 14-year-old girl whose brother was accused of trying to assault a neighbor's wife.
The woman's husband carried out the rape Monday, dragging the girl through the lower-caste village in broad daylight and assaulting her in a nearby forest, according to news reports quoting the man's wife, the girl's family, villagers and police.
Nakabandi Pasi and his father-in-law, the village elder who allegedly sanctioned the girl's rape, have been arrested. Police have also detained the teen's brother, Harendra Pasi, over the attempted assault of Nakabandi's wife last weekend. The two men are not related.
It's the second time this year that local leaders in rural India have ordered a rape as punishment. In January, in West Bengal, village elders approved the gang rape of a 20-year-old woman in love with a man from another town.
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Male-run local councils regularly dictate social norms, control marriages and settle disputes, and Indian women are battling a deep-rooted culture of rape and sexual harassment that has been tolerated. The nation has been shocked by several notorious deadly gang rapes, including two teen sisters who were hung from a tree and a woman who died after being brutally assaulted while riding a New Delhi bus.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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