Summary:
A rape survivor was tied to a pole and tortured by a village mob on Friday in Tripura's Sepahijala district after the rapist's family members allegedly killing the woman's baby boy. The woman from Srimantapur village under Sonamura police station has been admitted to hospital in a critical condition. She alleged rapist Anwar, his wife Saleha Khatun and two other members of their family–Akter Hossein, Roushanara Begum–also tortured her along with the villagers. The woman said Anwar's wife and her family members forcefully took her newborn baby and thrown him into Gomoti river. Police registered a case and arrested Anwar Hossein, his wife Saleha Khatun and family member Akter Hossein in connection with the incident..