Villagers beat to death tantrik accused of raping girl in Bengal

July 24, 2014 15:19

Update on the rape of a girl in Bengal: A seven-year-old's body has been found hanging from a tree in Bengal. Villagers attacked a local tantric who they suspected of assaulting her, who later died in hospital today. Two of his associates who were also beaten up, are in hospital.

The village where the young victim lived in Bengal's East Midnapore district is simmering with tension. Anti-riot police is guarding the area.

Villagers allege that the child, who went missing from her home last evening, was physically assaulted before she was hanged. They rounded up the tantrik and his two aides and marched them to the police station after beating them up. -- NDTV.

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