Child-lifters

A man in his thirties was severely beaten up by a mob on the suspicion of being a child-lifter at Diva in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Friday.

Four sadhus were assaulted by a mob on the suspicion of being child lifters in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Tuesday, a video of which has gone viral.

The Maharashtra CID's chargesheet in the Palghar lynching case in which two monks and their driver were beaten to death by a mob three months ago, says that the incident was a fallout of rumours that child-lifting gangs were operating in the area whose members posed as seers or uniformed personnel like policemen, an official said.

One farmer has died and five others have been hospitalized - four of them are critical - after they were attacked by hundreds of villagers on the suspicion of being child-lifters in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Wednesday afternoon.

Two men were tied to an electric pole and beaten up on suspicion of child-lifting in Rajasthan's Dholi village, police said, adding five people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

A person was killed by a mob in West Bengal's Asansol on Wednesday on suspicion of being a child lifter, police said. One person has been arrested and several others have been detained by the police for their alleged involvement in the incident.

Two railway engineers, who were surveying an area to lay new tracks in Bihar's Samastipur, were on Monday thrashed by a mob over rumours that they were "child-lifters".

A pregnant hearing and speech impaired woman was thrashed by a mob over suspicion of being a child-lifter in northeast Delhi, the police said on Sunday,.

Seven persons, including a telecom engineer and three men with mental disabilities, were allegedly beaten by locals on the suspicion of being child-lifters in different incidents in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.

Four people were arrested on Monday for allegedly beating up a 50-year-old woman in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh suspecting her of being a child-lifter, an official said.

Villagers allegedly thrashed a group of seven men on suspicion they were child lifters in adjoining Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Monday.

A person was lynched in West Bengal's Alipurduar district by a mob on the suspicion of being a child-lifter, police said on Monday.

Two men were arrested and a minor was detained for allegedly killing a beggar on suspicion of being a child-lifter in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, the police said today.

A man was beaten up by a mob in North Kolkata on suspicion of him being a child-lifter, police said on Saturday.

Four women were allegedly assaulted and two of them disrobed by a mob in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on suspicion of being child-lifters, police said.

A man in his thirties was severely beaten up by a mob on the suspicion of being a child-lifter at Diva in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Friday.

Four sadhus were assaulted by a mob on the suspicion of being child lifters in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Tuesday, a video of which has gone viral.

The Maharashtra CID's chargesheet in the Palghar lynching case in which two monks and their driver were beaten to death by a mob three months ago, says that the incident was a fallout of rumours that child-lifting gangs were operating in the area whose members posed as seers or uniformed personnel like policemen, an official said.

One farmer has died and five others have been hospitalized - four of them are critical - after they were attacked by hundreds of villagers on the suspicion of being child-lifters in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Wednesday afternoon.

Two men were tied to an electric pole and beaten up on suspicion of child-lifting in Rajasthan's Dholi village, police said, adding five people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

A person was killed by a mob in West Bengal's Asansol on Wednesday on suspicion of being a child lifter, police said. One person has been arrested and several others have been detained by the police for their alleged involvement in the incident.

Two railway engineers, who were surveying an area to lay new tracks in Bihar's Samastipur, were on Monday thrashed by a mob over rumours that they were "child-lifters".

A pregnant hearing and speech impaired woman was thrashed by a mob over suspicion of being a child-lifter in northeast Delhi, the police said on Sunday,.

Seven persons, including a telecom engineer and three men with mental disabilities, were allegedly beaten by locals on the suspicion of being child-lifters in different incidents in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.

Four people were arrested on Monday for allegedly beating up a 50-year-old woman in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh suspecting her of being a child-lifter, an official said.

Villagers allegedly thrashed a group of seven men on suspicion they were child lifters in adjoining Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Monday.

A person was lynched in West Bengal's Alipurduar district by a mob on the suspicion of being a child-lifter, police said on Monday.

Two men were arrested and a minor was detained for allegedly killing a beggar on suspicion of being a child-lifter in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, the police said today.

A man was beaten up by a mob in North Kolkata on suspicion of him being a child-lifter, police said on Saturday.

Four women were allegedly assaulted and two of them disrobed by a mob in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on suspicion of being child-lifters, police said.