Villagers of Akdariwa caught a dacoit and lynched him while he was trying to flee with his associates after looting three houses of the village under Dewari police station in Giridih on Sunday morning.
Police in- charge Sunit Kumar of Dewari police station took the criminal to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, said SP Giridih SK Jha. The body has not yet been identified.
About a dozen criminals entered the village in the dark on Sunday and exploded bombs and opened several rounds of fire and later they raided three houses of village one by one and looted cash valuables of about Rs 4 lakh.
The villagers woke up hearing the sounds of explosions. Some villagers, including women, suffered minor injuries after being beaten up by dacoits in the incident.
According to reports the incident occurred at 1 am on Sunday when around 12 armed dacoits raided the village. When they were fleeing, a dacoit was nabbed by local villagers and was beaten up badly.
Police sources said that a case has been registered in Dewari police station.An FIR was registered in connection with loot and also against unknown persons for lynching a criminal.