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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 14 lynchings in 10 states sparked by rumours of child snatchers on social media

14 lynchings in 10 states sparked by rumours of child snatchers on social media

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published Published on Jul 1, 2018   modified Modified on Jul 1, 2018
-Hindustan Times

The latest instance of a lynching triggered by rumours about kidnappers was in Tripura on Thursday. The victim was an activist hired by the state government to create awareness about misleading social media messages.

New Delhi:
Several fake social media videos and messages containing similar themes of outsiders stealing children have claimed 14 lives across the country since May 20 despite police warning people not to believe in such rumours.

Scores of incidents of locals thrashing “suspicious-looking” innocents have been reported from different states in the past month or so. Lynchings have been reported from West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha in the past two months.

Mob Lynching
The latest victim of this frenzy gripping the country was, ironically, an activist hired by the Tripura government to create awareness among people about viral social media messages targeting outsiders. Most such social media posts target outsiders, branding them as kidnappers, often referred to as child-lifters.

Sukanta Chakraborty was hired by the Tripura government after a couple of incidents in which outsiders were attacked in remote areas of the state. His death on Thursday afternoon shows how difficult it is for authorities to convince locals not to believe in these baseless child-lifter rumours.

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Hindustan Times, 30 June, 2018, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/14-lynched-in-10-states-as-videos-warning-of-child-kidnappers-trigger-mob-fury/story-owcDduP8v6VJI3UqUB69uO.html


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