December 24, 2025 02:54 am (IST)
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Mob storms central jail to lynch rape accused
Dimapur, Nagaland, Mar 6(IBNS) Dimapur, Nagaland, Mar 4(IBNS) A violent mob has lynched an alleged rapist after breaking into a high security jail at Dimapur forcing the authorities to clamp curfew in the entire district.
The mob also set fire to at least 10 vehicles.
Reports said Syed Farid Khan, a second hand car dealer, had allegedly raped a 20-year-old Naga woman on February 23 and 24 at different
locations. He was arrested the next day and had been in judicial custody.
Reports said several thousand people stormed the central jail after breaking open its two gates and dragged Khan out of it. They paraded
him naked in the city and then lynched him.
Police had to retrieve the body after opening fire in the air.
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