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NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into the gang rape of a 20-year-old woman allegedly attacked on the direction of a village council, Press Trust of India news agency said Friday.

The woman told police that Monday’s attack in West Bengal state came as punishment for falling in love with a man from a different community and religion.

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The case has brought fresh scrutiny to the role of village councils, which are common in rural Indian. The councils decide on social norms in the village, and in some cases they dictate the way women can dress or who they can marry.

Those who flout the councils risk being ostracized.

Thirteen suspects, including the head of the village council, were arrested Thursday.

“Go enjoy yourselves,” the head of the council allegedly told the other men on the council when they held court to punish the woman.

TheTimes of India reported she was raped on a platform set up to publicly humiliate her.