News: Update: India's top court orders probe into gang-rape

India's top court has ordered the district judge of Birbhum in eastern West Bengal state to submit a fact-finding report on the horrific gang rape of a tribal woman.

A three-member panel of Supreme Court judges expressed shock over the "disturbing" incident and ordered that a report be filed by tomorrow Mon.Jan.27 after a visit to the village to ascertain the facts of the case.
Meanwhile, lawyers and women's groups have criticised the police of Birbhum district for not seeking the remand of 13 villagers arrested for allegedly gang-raping the woman.
The suspects, belonging to Labhpur village, were accused of raping the woman on January 21 on the orders of a council of village elders for having a relationship with a man outside their tribe.
The 20-year-old woman made a complaint to the police and was taken to hospital in Birbhum. She was reported to be in a "critical but stable" condition.