Child Theft Rumours: 7 People beaten to death in Jharkhand

Jharkhand May 20: Seven persons, including two brothers returning from work, were beaten to death by mobs in two attacks over the last 24 hours in tribal-dominated areas near Jamshedpur.

While going to matter, they were died by the following rumours of gangs involved in kidnapping children being active in the region.

According to the Jharkhand Police information, two other persons were killed similarly on May 12 and May 13 in the neighbouring Jadugora and Asanboni areas.

Speaking to the media the Jharkhand DIG Prabhat Kumar said, "The lynchings took place because of rumours of a child-lifting gang in the area even though no such case has been reported. We don’t know how this rumour began and who started it."



Police said members of the mob involved in the attacks were from the tribal community.

On Friday, residents in different areas near Jamshedpur in East Singbhum district and Seraikela-Kharsawan district, where Thursday’s attacks took place, staged protests against the killings, downing shutters in shops and blocking roads. In Jugsalai market, a tribal was assaulted and his bicycle set ablaze.