BHOPAL: A five-year-old boy was brutally murdered inside his house by a 24-year-old mentally unstable man in western Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district on Friday.

Angered over the gruesome killing of the minor, the villagers, instead of handing over the accused to the police, tied and thrashed him brutally, leading to his death during treatment at a hospital.

The accused has been identified as Mahesh Meda, a native of Bagdi village in Jobat area of neighbouring Alirajpur district.

According to Dhar district police superintendent Mayank Awasthi, “A case of murder has been lodged in connection with the minor’s brutal killing. Following the accused’s post-mortem report, a separate case will be lodged in connection with his death too.”

“Investigations have revealed that Mahesh, who hailed from

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