Disabled woman suspected of child kidnap, beaten to death.

Disabled woman suspected of child kidnap, beaten to death

A disabled woman was brutally murdered by a mob who accused her of being a child kidnapper.

Footage shows the woman, Otera Bibi, being humiliated by villagers who tied her to a tractor before beating her to death.

They had suspected the 42-year-old, who was mentally disabled, of trying to kidnap a 10-year-old girl.

Otera, who lived with her parents, had walked out of the home and stopped outside a hut, it is reported.

That was when she was set upon by the mob, who were on high alert following a child kidnapping in the area the previous month.

The incident happened in in West Bengal, India.

Locals attacked her with sticks and stones, ripped off her clothes and shaved her head, a witness said.

It is believed she tried to protest her innocence, but witnesses could not understand what she was saying.

Police took Otera to hospital, but she died from her injuries, reports said.

Murshidabad Superintendent of Police, Mukesh, said: “A mob beat up the woman after a rumour spread that she was trying to lift children from the village.

“We have started investigating the murder case. We are trying to identify the people involved in the lynching as well as those who spread the rumour.”

Police detained several villagers for questioning, but nobody has been charged so far.

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