Digital Desk: The deceased person, who previously served eight years in prison for murder, allegedly took a five-year-old to a nearby jungle and raped her, according to police.
A group of women tied a 46-year-old rape accused to a tree and beat him to death in Tripura's Dhalai district on Wednesday, police said.
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The incident took place in the Gandacherra police station area.
On Tuesday night, a five-year-old girl had come to a religious program with her mother. The dead man took her to a nearby jungle where he raped her, leaving her at the scene, a police official said.
In response to the girl's cries, locals rescued her and took her to a nearby hospital. They came to the conclusion that she was last seen with the murder convict, and demanded that he be arrested, he said
A video has gone viral showing the women beating the accused mercilessly until he lost consciousness, following which he was rescued from the village by a group of women on Wednesday morning.
The accused was rescued and admitted to a hospital, where he died due to his injuries. An investigation is underway in both incidents, he added.
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