Kushinagar: Murder suspect lynched to death in front of cops

In a shocking incident, a mob caught hold of a murder suspect who was trying to flee the scene and thrashed him to death in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar on Monday morning.

The incident took place in Rampur Bangra area when a man, who worked as a teacher, was shot dead by a miscreant at his residence. After shooting at the teacher, the accused climbed onto the roof of the victim's house and began firing in the air.

The police arrived on the spot to take the murder-accused into custody, however villagers cornered him and lynched him in front of policemen. Angry villagers thrashed the man with sticks and stones. Even as the cops tried to intervene, villagers refused to hand him over.