Nagpur, Oct 6 (PTI) A 35-year-old man was beaten to death by a large group of people after he was accused of taking a nine-year-old girl to his house and sexually assaulting her in Nagpur city, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Monday between 8 pm and 9.30 pm in an area under Pardi Police Station limits, they said.
According to police, the girl was playing near her home when the accused, identified as Narayandas Manmohandas Vaishnav, took her to his house nearby. At his house, the accused inappropriately touched the girl and sexually assaulted her.
The girl later informed her family about the incident and as news of the crime spread in the locality, a large group of people gathered and assaulted Vaishnav, who originally hails from Bhilai town in adjoining Chhattisgarh, police said.
He sustained serious injuries and was taken to Mayo Hospital, where he later succumbed, they stated.
Before the accused’s death in the hospital, a case was registered against him under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. PTI COR RSY
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