Child-lifting Rumours

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.

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 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 woman with mental disability was beaten up in Jalpaiguri district of North Bengal on suspicion of being a child-lifter, police said today.

At least five videos that allegedly fuelled rumours of child-lifting and led to lynching incidents in Maharashtra have been found to be "manipulated", a senior police official said today.

Sukanta Chakraborty is a 33-year-old man who was hired by the state government to spread awareness against child lifting rumour mongers in rural areas against child-lifters in Tripura.

Amid concern over mob killings driven by WhatsApp messages, the army today arrived just in time to save the lives of three priests who were under attack from a large crowd that believed they were kidnappers out to get children

Four police personnel were today suspended in connection with the lynching of a person hired by the Tripura government to spread awareness against rumour-mongering last month, a senior police official said.

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.

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 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 woman with mental disability was beaten up in Jalpaiguri district of North Bengal on suspicion of being a child-lifter, police said today.

At least five videos that allegedly fuelled rumours of child-lifting and led to lynching incidents in Maharashtra have been found to be "manipulated", a senior police official said today.

Sukanta Chakraborty is a 33-year-old man who was hired by the state government to spread awareness against child lifting rumour mongers in rural areas against child-lifters in Tripura.

Amid concern over mob killings driven by WhatsApp messages, the army today arrived just in time to save the lives of three priests who were under attack from a large crowd that believed they were kidnappers out to get children

Four police personnel were today suspended in connection with the lynching of a person hired by the Tripura government to spread awareness against rumour-mongering last month, a senior police official said.