A 5-year-old gets beheaded in front of his mother in Madhya Pradesh

The neighbours, shocked by the incident, thrashed the accused severely before the police arrived.

A shocking and tragic incident of a murder has made the headlines today, where a 5-year-old child was beheaded in front of his mother in Madhya Pradesh. It is said that the locals lynched the accused before the police arrived at the spot.

A 5-year-old boy was killed by a man inside his own home in Madhya Pradesh.

A 5-year-old boy was killed in his own home, in front of his mother, in Madhya Pradesh on Friday. The little boy was mercilessly beheaded by a man who was not known to them, as reported by NDTV. The accused, Mahesh (25), was a resident of JobatBagdi in Alirajpur district. He reached the boy’s home, registered in Kalu Singh’s name, on a 2-wheeler and barged into the residence, said the eyewitnesses. They added that the family had not previously seen the man.

What exactly happened with the 5-year-old?

After Mahesh entered the home, without saying a word to the residents, he picked up a sharp spade-like tool kept in the house and attacked the child. He severed the 5-year-old’s neck from his torso and, following this, struck his shoulder, thus leaving the body mutilated. This happened in front of the child’s mother, who made desperate attempts to save the boy. However, she sustained injuries and was left in a state of shock, added the report. The local villagers heard the mother’s cries and rushed to the victim’s house, catching hold of the attacker. The mob of neighbours in fury thrashed him severely before the police arrived.

The accused, however, died on the way to the hospital, MayankAwasthi, Dhar Superintendent of Police, told the news outlet. The family told the police that he was mentally unstable and that he had been missing from his home for the past three to four days. He allegedly had been stealing goods from a nearby store about an hour before the killing. Awasthi said that the real cause of death would be confirmed after the post-mortem.