Rape suspect dragged from prison, killed
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A MOB of several thousand people broke into a high-security prison in India, dragged out a rape suspect and killed him, officials said yesterday, adding that police had to impose a curfew to restore order.
Rape has been a particularly emotive crime in India since 2012, when a student was raped and tortured on a bus in New Delhi and later died.
The mob attacked the prison late on Thursday in the northeastern state of Nagaland. The victim, a 35-year-old Muslim accused of raping a woman, was dragged out and hauled naked through the streets and beaten to death.
“Security personnel at the jail were overpowered,” said the state’s chief minister, T. R. Zeliang.
One person was killed and several others were injured when police fired on the mob.
A curfew was imposed late on Thursday and remained in force yesterday as the situation was “still tense,” district police chief Meren Jamir said.
Most people in Nagaland are Christian.
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