A GRIEVING mum was seen battering the man suspected of murdering and raping her daughter as part of an all-women mob lynching that led to the man's death.

The harrowing attack was captured in mobile phone footage taken in Dumka in the north Indian state of Jharkhand.

3 The mum was seen thrashing the man accused of raping and killing her daughter, seven, during the lynching Credit: NewsLions

3 The man denied having anything to do with the girl's death - but the mob refused to believe him Credit: NewsLions

The mother of the murdered seven-year-old was seen clutching a baby as she rained blows down on the man.

The suspect, identified by the Hindustan Times as Mithun Hansda, 25, allegedly attacked the girl after they had both attended a local wedding.

A witness said: "People caught hold of the 'rapist and murderer' and tied him up.

"In the morning he was dragged to a clearing where an all-women group rained batons on him until he was dead.

''The mother of the girl, who was holding a toddler in her arms, led the attack.''

A village committee reportedly summoned the man to a public hearing after other villagers said he had something to do with the girl's disappearance and asked him to reveal where she was.

Hansda said he had seen the girl near the river but denied hurting her.

3 The police arrived too late to save the man and took both his body and the girl's away for inspection Credit: NewsLions

The committee ordered a search and the girl’s body was found near the river bank.

A mob - certain he was behind the horrific crime - then tied the accused up and beat him to death.

Police arrived too late to stop them and took both bodies away as part of their investigation.

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But local police superintendent Mayur Patel said the village committee had nothing to do with the killing and claimed drunk family members beat the man to death after another relative accused Hansda.

A similar lynching took place in the region just hours before when a frenzied mob killed alleged beef trader Asgar Ali.

Cows are considered sacred by many Hindus, and slaughtering cattle or eating beef is illegal in many parts of the country.

The evils of mob rule were laid bare yesterday when horrific footage emerged of the moment a mentally disabled woman was beaten to death by after she was wrongly accused of being a child kidnapper.

Otera Bibi, 42, was tied to a tractor, stripped and had her head shaved by the furious villagers after she was suspected of trying to snatch a 10-year-old girl.

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