3 'sadhus' suspected of child lifting rescued by Army, police from lynching
6 years, 8 months ago

3 'sadhus' suspected of child lifting rescued by Army, police from lynching

Deccan Chronicle  

Haflong : Army and police personnel have rescued three 'sadhus' from getting lynched by a mob, which suspected them to be child-lifters, at Mahur Railway Station in Dima Hasao district of Assam, officials said today. District officials said Army men posted at an adjacent camp and police officers came to the rescue of three people on Thursday after hundreds of people had gathered to attack them in the wake of rumours of child-lifting. Following the incident, the district administration, under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Amitabh Rajkhowa and Superintendent of Police Prasanta Saikia, called for an emergency meeting on Thursday. In the last few weeks, there have been several attempts by the district administration to make people aware about news circulating on social media without any base or authenticity, the officials said.

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Assam: 7 arrested for thrashing Nepali woman on suspicion of child lifting
1 year ago

Assam: 7 arrested for thrashing Nepali woman on suspicion of child lifting

Hindustan Times  

Seven persons, including three women, have been arrested after a mob allegedly thrashed a 38-year-old woman from Nepal on suspicion of child lifting and assaulted the on-duty police personnel who tried to rescue her in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Tuesday evening, officials said. Three police personnel sustained injuries in the mob attack, Superintendent of police, Dima Hasao, Mayank Kumar, …

Maharashtra cops avert Palghar 2.0, rescue 2 sadhus mistaken for child lifters
1 year, 11 months ago

Maharashtra cops avert Palghar 2.0, rescue 2 sadhus mistaken for child lifters

India Today  

Police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district averted mob violence against two ‘sadhus’ in a village, after the residents mistook them as child lifters, nearly three years after three people were lynched in the district over similar suspicion, an official said on Tuesday. Palghar Rural Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil said a crowd of 300 villagers gathered in no time after some …

Maharashtra: Four sadhus thrashed on suspicion of being child-lifters in Sangli
2 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra: Four sadhus thrashed on suspicion of being child-lifters in Sangli

India TV News  

Highlights Police said sadhus did not lodge any complaint in connection with the matter The incident took place at Lavanga village in Jat tehsil A video of the incident has gone viral on social media Maharashtra: In a tragic incident, four sadhus or religious ascetics were allegedly assaulted by a mob on suspicion of being child lifters. The incident took …

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat April 20: Lynching of sadhus must be condemned, arrest those who spread rumours
4 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat April 20: Lynching of sadhus must be condemned, arrest those who spread rumours

India TV News  

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat April 20: Lynching of sadhus must be condemned, arrest those who spread rumours Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has promised action against the culprits. Already 110 people have been arrested for taking part in the lynching incident, but the police must find out those who spread baseless rumours on WhatsApp about child lifters and robbers …

Seven tribals kidnapped, killed in Jharkhand for opposing Pathalgadhi movement; CM Hemant Soren directs police to set up SIT to probe matter
5 years, 2 months ago

Seven tribals kidnapped, killed in Jharkhand for opposing Pathalgadhi movement; CM Hemant Soren directs police to set up SIT to probe matter

Firstpost  

Supporters of ‘Pathalgadhi’ movement, armed with lathis and axes, allegedly kidnapped seven villagers and later killed them in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand for allegedly opposing their stir, police said Ranchi: Supporters of “Pathalgarhi” movement, armed with lathis and axes, kidnapped seven villagers and later killed them in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand for allegedly opposing their stir, police …

Three thrashed in MP over suspicion of being child lifters
5 years, 8 months ago

Three thrashed in MP over suspicion of being child lifters

India TV News  

Three persons were beaten up in two separate incidents by local residents on suspicion of being child lifters in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. One of them, a resident of Udaipura in adjoining Raisen district, was thrashed by villagers in the Saikheda area of Narsinghpur on Sunday, Additional Superintendent of Police Rajesh Tiwari told PTI. The …

MP Police rescues three men in Bhopal's Hanumanganj area from mob suspecting them to be child-lifters
6 years, 8 months ago

MP Police rescues three men in Bhopal's Hanumanganj area from mob suspecting them to be child-lifters

Firstpost  

The incident happened in the Hanumanganj area in Bhopal on Wednesday evening and police managed to save the three persons from a mob of 12-15 people who were assaulting them Bhopal: Three men, who were trying to help a boy cross a road, were rescued by police from an angry mob which suspected they were child-lifters, police said on Thursday. …

Child-lifting rumours: 23 arrested for lynching 5 people in Maharashtra's Dhule
6 years, 9 months ago

Child-lifting rumours: 23 arrested for lynching 5 people in Maharashtra's Dhule

India TV News  

At least 23 people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of five people by a mob in Maharashtra's Dhule district over suspicion of "child kidnapping". The incident took place at Rainpada, 25 kilometres from Pimpalner in Dhule district, at around 11.30 am on Sunday, officials said. The five, along with a few others, were seen getting down from …

5 'child lifters' lynched in Maharashtra's Dhule: 14 killed in mob-lynchings based on social media rumours since 20 May
6 years, 9 months ago

5 'child lifters' lynched in Maharashtra's Dhule: 14 killed in mob-lynchings based on social media rumours since 20 May

Firstpost  

According to reports, nearly 14 lives have been claimed across the country in mob lynchings based on social media rumours across the country since 20 May. In yet another incident of violence triggered by social media rumours, five persons were killed in Maharashtra’s Dhule district on Sunday by villagers, who suspected them to be a part of a gang of …

Five lynched in Maharashtra's Dhule district on suspicion of being child lifters
6 years, 9 months ago

Five lynched in Maharashtra's Dhule district on suspicion of being child lifters

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: In yet another incident of mob violence, five men were lynched to death on suspicion of being child-lifters in the tribal-dominated Rainpada village of Dhule in Maharashtra. The police said that the five victims had been seen getting off a state transport bus and, later, when one of them attempted to strike a conversation with a girl child, it …

Mob in Tripura lynches man spreading awareness against rumour-mongering after accusing him of being child-lifter
6 years, 9 months ago

Mob in Tripura lynches man spreading awareness against rumour-mongering after accusing him of being child-lifter

Firstpost  

A man hired by the Tripura Information and Culture department to spread awareness against rumour-mongering was among two persons lynched in different areas of the state on the suspicion of being child-lifters, the police said on Friday Agartala: A man hired by the Tripura Information and Culture department to spread awareness against rumour-mongering was among two persons lynched in different …

16 arrested in Assam lynching case
6 years, 9 months ago

16 arrested in Assam lynching case

The Hindu  

The police have arrested 16 people including a Facebook instigator in connection with Friday night’s lynching of two adventurers by a mob at a village in central Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on suspicion that they were khupadhora or child-lifters. “Apart from 15 villagers, we have arrested one Bhupendra Terang from Diphu for propagating the child-lifter scare on Facebook,” Karbi Anglong …

Assam: Two men lynched on suspicion of being child lifters, police blame social media post for panic
6 years, 9 months ago

Assam: Two men lynched on suspicion of being child lifters, police blame social media post for panic

India TV News  

Two men, returning from a picnic spot, were pulled out of their car and lynched by villagers who suspected them to be childlifters in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, in a gruesome incident of mob fury which police blamed on panic created by social media posts. Nilotpal Das, a sound engineer based in Mumbai, and his friend Abhijeet Nath, a businessman, …

Assam: No arrests for lynching so far
6 years, 9 months ago

Assam: No arrests for lynching so far

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Two youths from Guwahati on a pleasure trip to picturesque Karbi Anglong hills district in central Assam were lynched by a mob suspecting them to be childlifters. The mob, as seen in the video, looked reluctant to listen their plea and continued beating Nilotpal and his friend Abhijit Nath, who were working as sound engineer in Goa, with bamboo …

Assam: Two men lynched on suspicion of being child lifters in Karbi Anglong district
6 years, 9 months ago

Assam: Two men lynched on suspicion of being child lifters in Karbi Anglong district

India TV News  

In a shocking incident, two men were lynched by a mob in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on suspicion of being child lifters, said the police. The event took place on Friday night after a rumour on social media that a group of 'sopadhara' were on the prowl in Nagaland's Dimapur town and some other areas of the district. Nilotpal Das, …

Two men beaten to death in Assam
6 years, 9 months ago

Two men beaten to death in Assam

The Hindu  

Less than a fortnight after rumours spread via WhatsApp triggered communal violence in Meghalaya capital Shillong, social media posts about child abductors led to the lynching of two young men on vacation in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Friday evening. In a video clip of the incident that has triggered outrage on social media, a profusely bleeding Das is seen …

Jharkhand lynching: Four more thrashed over suspicion of being child lifters
7 years, 10 months ago

Jharkhand lynching: Four more thrashed over suspicion of being child lifters

Firstpost  

Rumours about child lifters in Jharkhand and the attendant panic continued as four more persons, suspected of being child lifters, were thrashed in a village. Ranchi: Rumours about child lifters in Jharkhand and the attendant panic continued unabated as four more persons, suspected of being child lifters, were thrashed in a village on the outskirts of Ranchi on Friday, poice …

Jharkhand lynching: 18 arrested in connection, 2 police officials suspended in Bagbera and Rajnagar
7 years, 10 months ago

Jharkhand lynching: 18 arrested in connection, 2 police officials suspended in Bagbera and Rajnagar

Firstpost  

The arrests and suspensions in Jharkhand were made in connection with the lynching of 7 persons on 18 May on suspicion of being child lifters. Ranchi: Eighteen persons have been arrested and the officers in charge of two police stations suspended in Jharkhand in connection with the lynching of seven persons on 18 May on suspicion of being child lifters. …

J'khand lynching: After 'child lifting' rumours, parents stop sending kids to school
7 years, 10 months ago

J'khand lynching: After 'child lifting' rumours, parents stop sending kids to school

Deccan Chronicle  

Jamshedpur: Parents in four areas of Jamshedpur, especially places like Seraikela-Kharswan district, stopped sending their children to schools or even outdoors under the threat of ‘child lifters’. In two separate incidents, four persons were lynched on Thursday by villagers suspecting them to be child lifters in Seraikela Kharswan district, while three others of another community were also beaten to death …

Six persons lynched in two separate incidents in Jharkhand following suspicion of child-lifting
7 years, 10 months ago

Six persons lynched in two separate incidents in Jharkhand following suspicion of child-lifting

Firstpost  

Villagers lynched six persons in two places of Rajnagar police station area in Seraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand on Thursday, suspecting them to be child lifters. Jamshedpur: Villagers lynched six persons in two places of Rajnagar police station area in Seraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand on Thursday, suspecting them to be child lifters. “Three persons were lynched by the villagers, who suspected …

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