Jharkhand: Two rape accused thrashed, set afire; one dies

Two youths accused of raping a girl have been beaten up and set on fire by villagers in Jharkhands Gumla district, leaving one dead and the other seriously injured, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place in a village in Sadar Police Station area on Wednesday night.

The injured is undergoing treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Gumla Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Manish Chandra Lal said.

“The duo had allegedly raped the minor on Wednesday. When the girls family members and other villagers came to know about the incident, they got hold of the accused from a neighbouring village, of which they were residents. The mob then brought the youths to the survivors village, thrashed them and set them on fire,” Lal told

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