http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/inda-villagers-rape_n_988259.html
India: 17 Officials Convicted Of Raping Villagers
09/29/11 11:44 PM ET AP
NEW DELHI -- Seventeen Indian police and forest officials have been
convicted of gang raping a group of tribal villagers in the southern
state of Tamil Nadu in 1992.
Press Trust of India says another 100 officials were found guilty
Thursday of brutally beating dozens of people from the village of
dalits. Also known as untouchables, dalits are considered to be at the
bottom of India's caste system.
The incident occurred as officials raided Vachathi village to search
for smuggled sandalwood. The two-day raid ended with 18 women
reportedly raped and 100 people badly beaten.
An Indian court will issue sentences next week, though some of the
defendants have died in the time it took for the case to make its way
through India's notoriously slow judicial system.
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