Earlier on Sunday, five men were lynched on suspicion of being child lifters in Maharashtra's Rainpada village of Dhule district.
The Nashik police on Monday rescued five people from a house in Malegaon on Sunday night who were kept hostage on suspicion of child theft.
Earlier on Sunday, five men were lynched on suspicion of being child lifters in Maharashtra's Rainpada village of Dhule district. The five, along with a few others, were seen getting down from a state transport bus in the tribal-dominated Rainpada hamlet, police said.
The five, along with a few others, were seen getting down from a state transport bus in the tribal-dominated Rainpada hamlet, police said.
When one of them apparently tried to speak to a girl child, the villagers, who had gathered for the weekly Sunday market, pounced on them, they said.
An official at the Pimpalner police station said that the five people died after being assaulted. Their identities have not been established yet.
Two policemen were also injured in the incident, he added.
Twenty-people have been arrested so far for their alleged involvement, reported ANI.
Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Deepak Kesarkar has appealed to people not to believe in rumours being circulated on social media.
On June 28, 33-year-old Sukanta Chakrabarty was lynched at Kalachhara in South Tripura district. He was a member of a team set up by the state government to campaign against rumour-mongering.
An unidentified woman and a hawker from Uttar Pradesh were also lynched the same day at Bishalgarh in Sipahijala district and Murabari in West Tripura district respectively. Several people were also injured in the three incidents.
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