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Gangrape victim discharged from hospital

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Press Trust of India Suri (WB)
The 20-year-old tribal girl, who was gangraped by 13 men on the orders of a kangaroo court in Birbhum district last week, was discharged from the hospital here today.

She was sent to a government-affiliated home here, official sources said.

The medical team has gone through her various reports and recommended her discharge, Suri hospital sources said.

The victim's mother and the authorities were consulted after which she was discharged this morning, the sources said.

The girl had appeared before Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate Pijush Ghosh, Bolpur, to record her statement under CrPC 164 yesterday.

The 13 people, including the 'morol' (community head) Balai Murdy accused of the gang-rape are in police custody.

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First Published: Jan 31 2014 | 3:46 PM IST

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