24-year-old man accused of rape and murder lynched villagers in MP’s Raisen

A 24-year-old man was lynched villagers in central Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen drict after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 21-year-old woman and killed her, police said on Tuesday.Police said the villagers tracked down the suspect and started thrashing him (Getty Images/ockphoto)Prakash Singh Bhilada, 24, a resident of Bharatipur village, succumbed to injuries at a government hospital late on Monday. Six villagers have been detained in connection with his murder, additional superintendent of police (Addl SP) Kamlesh Kumar Kharpuse said.The police officer said the woman was going to the field to deliver lunch to her brother on Monday when Bhilada, who lived in the same neighbourhood, stopped her and attempted to sexually assault her.Some villagers spotted Bhilada with the woman at some point and informed her family about the assault. the time her family reached the spot, she was dead, and the accused was missing.The villagers tracked him down and started thrashing him.Police said someone also informed them. The Sultanpur police rescued the man and took him to a hospital where he died a few hours later.Police are investigating mob lynching case and will take further action after receiving the post-mortem and forensic report.Kharpuse said police personnel have been deployed in the village to maintain order.(with inputs from Saed Nadan from Raisen)