An angry crowd outside an Indian court severely beat a wealthy man and his servant today after they attended a court hearing on charges of raping, killing and dismembering more than 20 women and children.

An angry crowd outside an Indian court severely beat a wealthy man and his servant today after they attended a court hearing on charges of raping, killing and dismembering more than 20 women and children.

An Indian businessman and his domestic servant have confessed to sexually assaulting and killing at least 15 children and women over the past two years, police said today.