ISLAMABAD, May 18: A crowd lynched a man to death and injured two persons, including a prostitute, after they were caught in objectionable condition in a house in Golra on Saturday.

The police said a man hired services of a sex worker and brought her to his friend’s residence at Ghousia Market in Golra.

However, he was spotted by the people of the area who assembled outside the residence and broke into it and found them in objectionable condition. More then 20 attackers beat the three persons badly using iron rods and baton.

Later, they took all the three injured to a hospital and after dropping them there left.

Later, on of the injured died in the hospital, while the condition of the sex worker was stated to be critical. The other person was in stable condition.

After getting the information the police reached the market and succeeded in arresting two of the attackers.

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