Rape accused killed by mob; attacked police lockup

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 11:25 PM

Rape accused killed by mob; attacked police lockup

Guwahati, Feb 19: In Tezu town of Arunachal Pradesh a police lockup was attacked by mob where two rape accused were kept and beat them to death.

According to police the mob attacked the lockup on Monday. Sanjay Sobor and Jagdish Lohar who were 30 and 25 years old respectively were charged with rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl.

Mob dragged them out of the police lockup and beat them to death on street and dumped their bodies in market area.

"The incident took place at 12:05 pm. A mob of nearly 1,000 people attacked the police lockup and took away the two accused. Some policemen have also sustained injuries in the attack," said Apur Bitin, DIG (Eastern Range), Arunachal Pradesh police.

Chief minister Pema Khandu termed the rape and murder of the minor girl as "barbaric and inhuman" and termed Monday's incident of the mob killing the two accused as "unfortunate".