Ranchi, Sep 16 - In two separate incidents, a Maoist rebel and two extortionists were lynched by villagers in Jharkhand Wednesday, police said.

According to police, two men were lynched by residents of Kinaropuria village under Itaki police station, some 60 km from Ranchi.

The two men arrived in the village and sought to extort money from the villagers. The villagers started beating them with iron rods and pelted stones at them. Both of them died on the spot, police said.

Police reached the village four hours after the incident. The bodies of both men have been sent for post mortem examination. Police seized a pistol and a motorcycle belonging to the deceased.

Police said they are trying to establish whether the two men had any links with any Maoist organisation. Villagers told police that both men used to come to the village and extort money from them.

In another incident, a Maoist guerrilla was Wednesday lynched when he and a colleague went to a village to extort money and threaten the residents, police said.