Article updated: 1/4/2013 7:51 PM

India rape victim’s friend recounts attack

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A leader of the ruling Congress party Bikram Singh Brahma, center, is escorted to a court Friday after allegations leading to his arrest on accusations he raped a woman. Footage on Indian television showed the extraordinary scene of local women surrounding Brahma, ripping off his shirt and repeatedly slapping him across the face.

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"I gave a tough fight to three of them. I punched them hard. But then two others hit me with an iron rod," he said. The woman tried to call the police using her mobile phone, but the men took it away from her, he said. They then took her to the rear seats of the bus and raped her.