Two men accused of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl have been dragged from a police station and beaten to death by a hundreds-strong lynch mob in India.
The suspects, named as Sanjay Sobor, 30, and Jagdish Lohar, 25, were attacked with 'clubs, hammers and stones' before their battered bodies were dumped in a town square in theLohit district of north eastern India's Arunachal Pradesh.
They were being questioned by police over the rape, mutilation and murder of a girl whose badly disfigured body was discovered in the tea estate where they lived.
An enraged mob stormed the police station, injuring 15 people, including several officers, as they grabbed the plantation workers. Graphic pictures used by local media purportedly show the two corpses lying in the street.
No arrests have been made yet in connection with the lynching outside Tezu police station.
There are conflicting reports as to the size of the mob, with some outlets saying as many as 1,200 were involved.
Police had charged the pair with raping and killing the girl and said they confessed to the crime during interrogation. Local media said the child was found naked with her head severed from her body five days after she was reported missing on February 12.
Local media reported that the situation in Tezu has been brought 'under control' and that extra police had been brought in to the area.