BHOPAL, Feb. 3 -- A 24-year-old man was lynched by villagers in central Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 21-year-old woman and killed her, police said on Tuesday.

Prakash Singh Bhilada, 24, a resident of Bharatipur village, succumbed to injuries at a government hospital late on Monday. Six villagers have been detained in connection with his murder, additional superintendent of police (Addl SP) Kamlesh Kumar Kharpuse said.

The police officer said the woman was going to the field to deliver lunch to her brother on Monday when Bhilada, who lived in the same neighbourhood, stopped her and attempted to sexually assault her.

Some villagers spotted Bhilada with the woman at some point and informed her f...