From correspondents in India, 07:01 PM IST

Five men were arrested in a village near here Friday after they lynched a man who may have been a mental patient, the police said.

The police said that victim Venkatesan, 53, was lynched as the villagers suspected his movements and thought he was a psychpath.

Dozens of residents of the village, located near this town which is 180 km south of state capital Chennai, lynched him.

The body has been sent for post-mortem examination and five of the alleged assailants were arrested, a police official said.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)