Villagers lynch two men in Assam

GUWAHATI: Two youths from lower Assam's

Chirang district

, about 170km from Guwahati, were lynched by villagers on Wednesday who suspected they had killed the

village headman

on Tuesday night.

"Bipul Das and Ranjit Das, both from Kochpara in Bijni, were beaten to death by an angry mob. Police reached the spot after being alerted, but the two succumbed to their injuries,"

Bijni police

, who are looking into the case, said. Villagers are being questioned but no arrest has been made yet.