Jalandhar, Nov. 24 -- A 46-year-old man has been arrested on charges of raping and murdering his teenaged daughter's best friend in Jalandhar, police said on Sunday.

The 14-year-old victim used to stay in the adjacent house, said police. The body was retrieved from a washroom of the accused's house, creating widespread outrage. The accused was caught and brutally thrashed by the enraged mob.

Police commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur Randhawa said the victim had come to the accused's house to meet his daughter when the incident took place. "The accused was alone at his house on Saturday evening as his wife and their daughter had gone out," Randhawa added.

She added that the victim's family filed a missing complaint in the evening after she did...