India ‘WhatsApp child abduction rumours’: Five more lynched
Five men have been lynched by a mob in India's western state of Maharashtra allegedly over rumours of child abduction spreading over WhatsApp.
Twelve people have been arrested for the killings, which happened on Sunday, police told BBC Marathi.
The victims belonged to a nomadic community and had been passing through the village, police said.
Despite attempts by the police to counter them, incidents of lynchings resulting from such rumours continue.
The police have imposed a curfew in the village as the situation remains tense and additional police forces have also been deployed.
They said that people from this community often pass though villages begging and they had been doing that when they were attacked.
One of the men was allegedly seen talking to a girl and some villag...