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Policemen inspect the site where a woman was gang raped, allegedly on the direction of a village council at Subalpur village, in Birbhum district, about 180 kilometers (110 miles) north of Kolkata, the capital of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. The woman told police that Monday's attack came as punishment for falling in love with a man from a different community and religion. The case has brought fresh scrutiny to the role of village councils, common in rural Indian, which decide on social norms in the village. (AP Photo)

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India village councils under scrutiny after rape

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January 26, 2014 2:12 pm