Residents thrashed a tea vendor to death for allegedly molesting a nine-year-old girl. The child was inappropriately touched by the vendor while sitting on a parked two-wheeler. A neighbor noticed the incident and alerted the child’s distressed family members. Later, angry residents confronted and assaulted the vendor, who had returned to the complex. Police registered cases for molestation and culpable homicide, awaiting post-mortem results.
