Witch Doctor, 2 Others Badly Beaten By Mob Over 'Rape' And Death Of 7-Year-Old Girl

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July 26, 2014 7:51 PM

One of the 3 men died in a hospital after they were attacked by a crowd of villagers who accused them of gang-raping the young girl

3 men in India were brutally assaulted by an angry mob after the body of a young girl was found hanging from a tree.

The 7-year-old girl had gone to a local shop in the village of Kaliabazar, West Bengal and when she didn't return, the villagers went to search for her and found her body.

Rumours quickly spread that she had been raped and for yet unexplained reasons, suspicion fell on Ratan Das, a local witch doctor and his two friends.

The accused were then attacked and mercilessly beaten by the villagers. They also set fire to a house belonging to Das. One of the 3 men died in hospital while the other 2 are still receiving treatment.

The police have said that it is not yet clear if the girl was actually raped before she died. According to Sukesh Kumar Jain, East Midnapore Superintendent of Police:

"There is as yet no evidence that the girl was raped before she was killed. 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."

Tensions have been high in India, which has become notorious for violent rape cases, ever since the bodies of two young sisters were found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh after they had been gang-raped.

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