Rumours on social media spur mobs, 3 lynched

HYDERABAD: Social media rumours have induced mob frenzy within the two Telugu states with 3 lynched in 4 days and four others brutally assaulted on Thursday spurred via panic WhatsApp messages about child-lifting gangs at the prowl that destroy skulls to eat brain. With fear running deep within the rural heartlands of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, ‘strangers’ are becoming sitting geese.


At least 10 other people had been tied to timber and electrical energy poles and severely beaten within the final 10 days and one of the victims are important.


Police in each Telugu states have warned electorate of penal action in the event that they take legislation into their fingers and smartphone customers had been cautioned in opposition to forwarding or creating alarmist messages. The gravity of the location can also be gauged from the truth that police brass of each states, together with DGPs had to intervene and issue public statements to allay fears.
Rumours on social media spur mobs, 3 lynched Rumours on social media spur mobs, 3 lynched Reviewed by Kailash on May 25, 2018 Rating: 5
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