Mob lynches suspected rapist

DALTONGANJ: Pramod Yadav, who allegedly raped a school girl on her way back home on August 17, was killed by angry residents of Madanpur village under the Chhaterpur police station on Wednesday. Palamu SP A T Mathew said Sanjay Yadav, another accused, was also assaulted by the mob and is currently undergoing treatment in a government hospital.
The girl and Parmod hail from Madanpur village.Even before the police could track down the accused, local villagers beat Pramod to death while Sanjay, the second accused in the crime, is battling for life, Mathew said.
The SP said Sanjay along with Promod had masqueraded as Maoists to create terror among the villagers while the former was visiting his in-laws at Madanpur village. They even tried to dissuade the victim's relatives from lodging an FIR, Mathew added.