<p> A 32-year-old tribal woman and her boyfriend were allegedly captured, kept in confinement for a day, and then she was gang-raped in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>Later, a kangaroo court asked the woman and her boyfriend, who is a non-tribal, to pay a "fine" of Rs 10,000 and Rs 50,000, respectively, she alleged.</p>.<p>Police said they have arrested five persons in connection with the incident.</p>.<p>The woman, a widow with three children, was returning home in the Mohammadbazar area on her boyfriend's bike on the evening of August 18 when they were stopped by a few men, she alleged in the police complaint that was filed on Saturday.</p>.<p>They were kept confined in a room that night and next day she was taken to a nearby forest area and allegedly gang- raped by five men, police said.</p>.<p>"All the five accused have been arrested," Subimal Paul, additional superintendent of police of Birbhum district, said.</p>.<p>They were then fined by the kangaroo court that was held in the woman's village, as per the police complaint.</p>.<p>"Investigation has also been initiated into the alleged kangaroo court," the officer said.</p>.<p>The local media reported that she was allegedly raped and fined as she was dating a non-tribal but there was no official confirmation on this.</p>.<p>Police said they are investigating the matter and a case has been registered.</p>.<p>All the five accused have been accused of gang rape, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation in the FIR registered by police.</p>
<p> A 32-year-old tribal woman and her boyfriend were allegedly captured, kept in confinement for a day, and then she was gang-raped in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>Later, a kangaroo court asked the woman and her boyfriend, who is a non-tribal, to pay a "fine" of Rs 10,000 and Rs 50,000, respectively, she alleged.</p>.<p>Police said they have arrested five persons in connection with the incident.</p>.<p>The woman, a widow with three children, was returning home in the Mohammadbazar area on her boyfriend's bike on the evening of August 18 when they were stopped by a few men, she alleged in the police complaint that was filed on Saturday.</p>.<p>They were kept confined in a room that night and next day she was taken to a nearby forest area and allegedly gang- raped by five men, police said.</p>.<p>"All the five accused have been arrested," Subimal Paul, additional superintendent of police of Birbhum district, said.</p>.<p>They were then fined by the kangaroo court that was held in the woman's village, as per the police complaint.</p>.<p>"Investigation has also been initiated into the alleged kangaroo court," the officer said.</p>.<p>The local media reported that she was allegedly raped and fined as she was dating a non-tribal but there was no official confirmation on this.</p>.<p>Police said they are investigating the matter and a case has been registered.</p>.<p>All the five accused have been accused of gang rape, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation in the FIR registered by police.</p>