Two men have been arrested over the rape of a 14-year-old girl dragged into the woods and assaulted as payback for an alleged sex attack by her brother.
A local police official said the men arrested were the head of the village council, which allegedly ordered the rape, and the husband of the victim of the original assault.
The teenager's mother said she had pleaded with the council and other villagers not to carry out the rape but they took no notice.
"We kept begging them. We begged with folded hands but they would not listen. They dragged her away to the forest," she said.
The girl's brother has also been arrested on molestation charges.
The attack on the unnamed 14-year-old took place after midnight on Sunday in a remote village in Jharkhand state's Bokaro district, in the east of the country.
"They attacked her in retaliation and we are taking this case very seriously," the police officer said, adding the investigation was expected to be completed and charges brought within the next few days.
Deeply conservative local councils wield great power across much of rural India, being able to pass decrees on any subject they choose - from how women should dress to whether young lovers deserve to live or die.
They usually enforce strict social codes about marriage and gender roles.
A council of elders in West Bengal state in January ordered the gang rape of a 20-year-old woman as punishment for falling in love with the man from a different community.
The village councils are often seen as the only practical means of delivering justice in areas where local governments are either too far away or too ineffective to settle disputes.
Their power often comes from being able to insist that those who ignore their decrees are ostracised.
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