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'Killer' lynched in Lucknow

A mob enraged by the brutal killing of a four-year-old girl meted out instant justice to a suspected rapist by lynching him inside his house on Tuesday.

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Mob metes out instant justice after 4-year-old's body is discovered

LUCKNOW: A mob enraged by the brutal killing of a four-year-old girl meted out instant justice to a suspected rapist by lynching him inside his house on Tuesday.

The post-mortem analysis, however, did not confirm rape. The police suspect that the killer was a psychopath.

Riya, a kindergarten student, had gone missing from her house in the Pandeyganj area around 7.30am on Tuesday. When her father Ratnesh Sharma (30), who works at a nearby gym, failed to locate her, he reported the matter to the police.

Even as the police launched a hunt for the child, Sharma received a call from a neighbour - Shiv Mohan (32), a carpenter - that Riya was with him. Sharma then went to Shiv Mohan's house but did not find him there. 

About half an hour later, Sharma returned with the police and found Shiv Mohan home. When he refused to reveal anything about the girl's whereabouts, the police began to search his house and found Riya's body in a pool of blood inside a trunk. Her neck had been slashed.

By this time an incensed mob had gathered at Shiv Mohan's house. As soon as the people heard that Riya had been killed, they attacked Shiv Mohan with sticks and bricks. The police helplessly witnessed the delivery of instant justice; Shiv Mohan died on the spot.

Soon, top district administration and police officials descended on the crime scene. SSP BP Jogdand told DNA that Riya's throat had been slit with a carpenter's saw.

Shiv Mohan had earlier been found guilty in two rape cases, and had also served a jail term. "The post-mortem does not confirm rape. As of now it seems to be a case of psychopathic killing," Jogdand said.

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