Guwahati, Oct 25 (IANS): An irate mob Friday clashed with police at Azara near Assam's capital city Guwahati after the recovery of the decomposed bodies of two women from near a railway track in the area a day ago.

Senior Superintendent of Police (City) A.P. Tiwary said that the clash between the local people and men in uniform took place Friday after police recovered two decomposed bodies. Police have detained four people for questioning over the deaths of the two girls.

Unsatisfied with the police action, some people gathered near the police station in Azara and demanded that they be given custody of the four detained people, the police officer said.

Some local people alleged that the four had gang-raped the girls and killed them Tuesday night.

The people pelted stones at policemen and the police forcibly dispersed the crowd by wielding their lathis (bamboo sticks).

"We have detained the four, and investigations are on. One detained person confessed that he picked up the two girls Tuesday night and informed his friends, Gopal Das, Apurba Boro and Nripen Das. They had a party at the house of one Rudra Das at Bongara area," the police officer said.

"The detained person also confessed that he met with an accident the same night when he came to drop the girls. While one of the girls died on the spot, the second girl received severe injuries. However, he got scared and dumped the dead girl and the one with severe injuries near the railway tracks and escaped," the SSP said, adding that it is difficult to reconstruct the whole incident based on one confession.

"A crime has been committed. But we are not sure whether they were raped and murdered or whether it was an accident. People have alleged rape, but I cannot confirm this at this moment as we are yet to receive the post-mortem report of the two deceased," Tiwary said.