5-year old child killed, accused lynched suspecting human sacrifice In Assam's tea garden
The incident took place at Tarajuli tea garden near Rongapara in northern Assam district on Thursday evening.
The accused man Nanu Mirdha had beheaded the boy at his house.
Local people found the incident and dragged the man from his house and lynched him suspecting human sacrifice after found idols of god and goddess and other religious materials near the place where beheaded body of the child found.
Sonitpur district SP Sanjukta Parashar said that, the incident followed a quarrel between the accused man and father of the child.
Police had recovered the sharpen weapon which is used to kill the child.
Police has started investigation into the incident.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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