NEW DELHI, India - A rape suspect was pulled out of a jail
and lynched by a mob in northeastern India on Thursday, local reports
said, with anger raging over the high rate of sexual violence in the
country.
The man, who stood accused of raping a woman multiple times and was
arrested on February 24, was dragged out of the prison in Nagaland state
before being beaten to death and strung up, according to media reports.
“A mass protest rally against the rape was held at Dimapur
(Nagaland’s main commercial town) this morning after which students and
angry people forced into the district jail and managed to pull out the
accused,” the Press Trust of India news agency said.
Another report said that the crowd started marching towards the jail from a location almost seven kilometres (four miles) away.
The Hindustan Times newspaper said the crowd “tore down two gates and
took custody” of the suspect, before dragging him to the town’s
landmark clock tower.
The suspect was then stripped naked, beaten and his body was strung up to the tower, the newspaper said.
“The situation is very tense,” town police superintendent Meren Jamir told the Hindustan Times.
The incident, which sparked outrage both within India and around the
world, highlighted the frightening level of violence against women in
the world’s second most populous country.
The Indian government has also asked video-sharing website YouTube to
block access to the documentary, claiming that its broadcast violated
certain key agreements with the filmmaker.
Source:– AFP
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