Tribal girls lynched in Assam
[ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2002 2:19:27 PM ]

GUWAHATI: Two girls have been lynched by villagers in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district following a local trial by village elders for indulging in alleged "immoral activities", police said on Wednesday.

The two girls were beaten to death in Magurmari village on Monday by some villagers, the police said adding that their bodies were then thrown near a railway track.

The victims' bodies bearing injury marks inflicted by sticks and clubs were recovered Tuesday along the tracks near Magurmari Tea Estate and sent for post mortem.

The Adivasi girls were identified as Jauni Munda and Pakli Mins in their mid 20s, the police said.

The village headman was absconding, the police added