Patna, July 14 - Two men -- one accused of molesting a girl and the other a suspected thief -- were lynched by mobs in Bihar's Gopalganj and Aurangabad districts, police said Tuesday.

A man, identified only as Shivnath, was beaten to death Monday evening in Shahpur village in Gopalganj by family members and neighbours after a girl alleged that he had tried to molest her.

'Shivnath was caught when he was trying to escape after a girl cried that he tried to molest her. Family members and neighbours beat him to death him with bamboo sticks and iron rods,' a police official said.

Relatives of the victim lodged a case with the police, naming seven people as the accused. Two people have been arrested, police said.

In the second case, a 25-year-old man was lynched Monday by a mob near Anugrah Narain Road Station in Aurangabad district on charges of theft.