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Seven men are now in custody in India for the alleged gang-rape of a tourist and assault on her husband, authorities said, in a case that has shone a new spotlight on the endemic problem of sexual violence against women in the country. On Saturday, police announced that three men had been arrested in connection with the incident and that they were seeking four more. The couple, who had been traveling by motorcycle from the state of West Bengal to neighboring Nepal, were found late Friday by police officers on patrol, said Pitambar Singh Kherwar, superintendent of Dumka district police in Jharkhand state. They were taken to the hospital, where the woman told the doctor she had been raped, he said. Police have formed a special investigative team, Kherwar said. It is unclear whether the suspects have legal representation. The arrests come after a travel vlogger couple on Saturday posted on…