Child Lifters

Telangana Police's efforts to check spread of fake news and subsequent lynchings plagued by digital limitations

The Telangana Police are worried about their technological inability to track the source of fake information, which leads to lynchings.

Two men thrashed in Chennai over suspicion of being child-lifters; incident comes on heels of Dhule lynching

Two men have been thrashed in Chennai over suspicion that they were trying to kidnap a child.

Mob lynchings: Lack of media coverage, response from State show Indians don't care about stopping rogue justice

Tripura banned internet as a response to the lynching. To me, this is astonishing and shows the government thinks that the way to stop public murders is through stopping WhatsApp.

Tripura lynching: Mobile internet, SMS services banned in state for 48 hours to check rumour-mongering

The Tripura government on Thursday imposed a ban on mobile internet and SMS services in the state for 48 hours, citing a threat to public safety.

UP hawker lynched in Tripura on suspicion of being child-lifter; victim and three others sought refuge in military camp

The three hawkers, all from outside the state, had come to Murabari around 9.30 am. They had come for trade purposes, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police Smriti Ranjan Das said.

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

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.

Jharkhand Lynching: Six more held for Nagadih incident, number of arrested goes up to 32

While one person called Umesh Das was arrested in connection with Nagadih lynching in Jharkhand, five others were arrested in connection to the protest violence.