Nagaland: Angry mob lynches man accused of rape
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A man, accused of raping a woman, was dragged out of central jail in Nagaland’s Dimapur town and lynched by a mob on Thursday.
Syed Farid Khan, 35, was arrested for allegedly raping a Naga woman repeatedly on February 23. Khan belonged to Assam and worked as a dealer of used cars. He was suspected to be a Bangladeshi national.
On Thursday evening, a mob stormed into the central jail in Dimapur, dragged the alleged rapist out and lynched him in public. From the Dimapur Municipal Council, the protestors stripped and pulled Khan while marching towards the jail. They had planned to take him to the Clock Tower where a public hanging had been planned. But Khan succumbed to the injuries on the way, even before being taken to the hospital.
The mob tied his body to a vehicle and dragged it to the Clock Tower.
Situation went out of hand when the mob vandalised shops belonging to non-locals. The police opened fire to disperse the mob and in that about 20 persons were injured. The mob pelted stones and torched police vehicles in retaliation.
The police suspect that some prisoners might have escaped during the public raid in the central jail.
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