A lady was allegedly raped and murdered, following which enraged villagers lynched one of many accused in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district, police mentioned.
The incident befell in Falakata space on Friday afternoon.
The woman’s physique was present in a pond, following which the villagers tied a person, whom they alleged was one of many accused, to a tree and beat him up mercilessly, a police officer mentioned.
Police rescued the person, in his forties, and took him to a hospital, the place docs declared him lifeless.
One other individual, suspected to be one other accused within the case, surrendered himself earlier than the native police station.
Offended villagers staged protests demanding justice for the sufferer, and demise penalty for the accused who surrendered.
An enormous police contingent has been deployed to take care of peace within the space.
