Indian women thrash Congress leader for raping woman

While India continues to mourn the death of the Delhi gang-rape victim and demand for stringent anti-rape laws have grown louder, a senior Congress leader, accused of rape, was beaten up badly by angry women in a remote village in Assam. The Congress leader, identified as Bikram Singh Brahma, was publicly beaten up by angry villagers, particularly women, when he admitted to raping a local woman some time back. Irked with his confession, a group of women then assaulted, slapped and stripped the Congress leader in full public view. The visuals of this shocking incident was also aired on the local news channel. The man has been detained by the police and an investigation into the case has begun. The case comes as an embarrassment for the ruling Congress government in the state and may even cast a shadow on the approaching panchayat elections.