Ghaziabad, March 31: In a shocking incident, a man was brutally thrashed to death by a mob for raping an eight-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh. As per reports, enraged over the rape incident, a group of residents in the city lynched the rape suspect and allegedly thrashed him to death in Ghaziabad's Chaman Vihar Colony. The accused has been identified as Jitendra.

As per details by the Police, both- the accused – 24-year-old Jitendra – and the victim to the hospital. The victim was admitted for treatment while the alleged attacker was declared dead by doctors on arrival doctors declared her. As per details by the police, Jitendra asked his neighbour to accompany him to a "Mata ka Jagran" programme to offer his prayers. As per reports by IANS, the parents of the minor instead asked their daughter to go with him as she also wanted to go to offer her prayers.

Reports further state that during the return journey, Jitendra took the girl to his place, raped her and left her to go to her parents alone. When the girl reached home, she narrated the ordeal to her parents. The reports further inform that the family informed their neighbours and they all reached Jitendra's place and dragged him outside his house and thrashed him.

After brutally beating him, the local residents handed him over to the local police. later, he was taken to a hospital where the doctors declared him dead. As per reports, an FIR against the girl’s parents has been registered by the Police. The accused youth's family has also filed a case over the incident.

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