Less than 12 hours after five people were killed in Dhule, Maharashtra police averted another incident of mob vigilantism in Nashik District's Malegaon and rescued five people.
Less than 12 hours after five people were killed in Dhule, Maharashtra police averted another incident of mob vigilantism in Nashik District's Malegaon and rescued five people.
The incident took place on Sunday at 11.30 pm in Azad Nagar on Ali Akbar road.
According to reports, Malegaon police got a call informing them about a couple with a child when a mob gathered outside the building started pelting stones.
However, police quickly rushed to the location and rescued them. Reports said that the couple hails from Parbhani district in Maharashtra.
"Five people including a 2-year-old child was rescued from a violent mob of thousands wanting to lynch them in Malegaon," tweeted Harssh A Poddar, Additional SP, Malegaon.
"Proud of my team that risked their own lives to save them today," he added.
On Sunday, five people were today lynched by a mob in Maharashtra's Dhule district over suspicion that they were part of a gang of "child lifters"
"Strong action will be taken. I appeal to everybody not to believe in posts that are circulated on social media. Law should not be taken in hands," said MoS Home (Rural) Deepak Kesarkar.
Last week, a woman beggar was beaten to death and three others were injured after they were allegedly beaten by a mob on suspicion of being a child-lifter.
In June, a man suspected to be child-lifter was beaten to death by mob in Chhattisgarh.
In Maharashtra, two men were beaten to death and seven others were injured after a mob of villagers attacked them on suspicion of being robbers in Chandgaon village in Vaijapur taluka on June 8. The lynching was triggered by fake messages in circulation on the social media.
Earlier last month, in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, two people were pulled out of their vehicle at and beaten to death by a group of irate villagers, who suspected them to be child-lifters on the basis of fake information circulated on social media.
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