India, Sept. 6 -- A couple was lynched in West Bengal's Nadia district over suspicion of abducting and murdering a neighbor's eight-year-old son on Saturday morning, police said.

The child, a student of Class 3, went missing on Friday afternoon while playing. His body was found from a swamp in the neighborhood in the early hours of Saturday, following which local residents attacked the couple and their family members. Another woman was also injured.

The deceased have been identified as Utpal Biswas, 45 and his wife Soma Biswas, 38. The injured woman is a relative of the couple, police said.

"The child's body was recovered from a swamp in the area. A tarpaulin was lying near the body. Following this a mob attacked the house of Biswas. T...