--- description: Village leader who is accused of ordering girl's rape to make up for her brother's alleged misconduct title: India: Teen Girl Apparently Raped in Revenge for Brother's Misdeed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d7ca84fa36ff06f/69869b94f983e752a204ecb2/rtr3rmcl.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Yet Another Teen Girl Raped in India for Apparent Revenge by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2014 8:03 AM CUT  Demonstrators from All India Democratic Women's Association hold placards and shout slogans in New Delhi on May 31, 2014, during a protest against the recent killings of two teenage girls Demonstrators from All India Democratic Women's Association hold placards and shout slogans in New Delhi on May 31, 2014, during a protest against the recent killings of two teenage girlsAdnan Abidi—Reuters by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2014 8:03 AM CUT A teenage girl has been [raped](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28259634 "undefined") in a suspected case of “retaliatory justice” in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand, according to police. The 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped after villagers accused her brother of assaulting another woman, reports the BBC. Three people have been arrested in connection with the attack, including the village leader who is accused of ordering the rape as a method of “eye-for-an-eye” justice. The alleged crime comes amid burgeoning recognition in India that sexual violence has reached crisis proportions since the gang rape and murder of a female student aboard a private bus in the capital New Delhi in 2012\. Four of the attackers in that case were sentenced to death, and the Indian government has since enacted several reforms designed to curb violence against women. In the most recent attack, the head of a remote village in Jharkhand allegedly gave the order to have the teenager raped after her brother committed “misbehavior” toward another woman. The girl was taken to a hospital and has made a police statement, reports the BBC. “This rape happened out of retaliation,” Jharkhand police chief Rajiv Kumar told the BBC. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28259634 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2980894/yet-another-teen-girl-raped-in-india-for-apparent-revenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2980894/yet-another-teen-girl-raped-in-india-for-apparent-revenge/"},"headline":"Yet Another Teen Girl Raped in India for Apparent Revenge","datePublished":"2014-07-14T08:03:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:07:22.177Z","description":"Village leader is accused of ordering girl's rape to make up for her brother's alleged misconduct","url":"https://time.com/2980894/yet-another-teen-girl-raped-in-india-for-apparent-revenge/","keywords":["Rape","India","police","Sexual Violence"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d7ca84fa36ff06f/69869b94f983e752a204ecb2/rtr3rmcl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d7ca84fa36ff06f/69869b94f983e752a204ecb2/rtr3rmcl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Demonstrators from AIDWA hold placards and shout slogans during protest against recent killings of two teenage girls, in New Delhi","caption":"Demonstrators from AIDWA hold placards and shout slogans during protest against recent killings of two teenage girls, in New Delhi","creditText":"Adnan Abidi—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2980894/yet-another-teen-girl-raped-in-india-for-apparent-revenge/","name":"Yet Another Teen Girl Raped in India for Apparent Revenge"}}]}] ```