One man was killed and two others were badly hurt today by villagers in India who accused them of raping 7 year old girl as the girl was discovered hanging from a tree near the village of Kaliabazar, West Bengal, yesterday's morning and angry villagers quickly rounded up a local 'Tantrik' holy man and his two friends.
One later died gave up the ghost when taken to the hospitals and the two others are still being treated.
For some time now,India has become notorious for savage sexual attacks on often young women and girls though the number of rape reports is much higher in U.S. and UK than India according to UN Office on Drugs and Crime figures.
The 7 year old victim had gone missing last night, after going out to the neighbourhood shop.
According to The Hindustan Times, they said the girl was found when people went around the village to gather a search party.
It spread and rumours began circulating that she had been gang-raped, spurring villagers to round up Ratan Das, a local Tantrik, or Hindu witchdoctor, and two of his friends.
The witchdoctors house was set on fire because he was with victim on 24th morning. From thence, they went to police.
The Sukesh Kumar Jain, East Midnapore Superintendent of Police, told the Hindustan Times: 'The father of the girl lodged a complaint at the local police station against three persons.
'One of the three accused has already died.'
Evidence was found that the girl was raped actually before she was killed and this killing of her got the witchdoctor as a suspect.
Maybe he killed her so that the little girl will not expose him afterwards but Police said they are not ruling out a family feud as the motive behind the killing.
'We are awaiting the autopsy report to confirm rape,' said a police officer. 'There was also some enmity between the families of the girl and the prime accused, Ratan Das.'
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