Jharkhand, August 27: In a piece of shocking news, a woman was thrashed by a mob over suspicion of being a child-lifter outside a bank. According to an ANI update, a woman left her son with her 8-year-old daughter outside a bank and went to withdraw cash. West Bengal Lynching Case: Transgender Beaten to Death on Suspicion of Being Child Lifter in Jalpaiguri.

The victim who was also going to the bank, saw the boy crying and started playing with him. When the mother of the infant saw this, she accused the woman of being a child-lifter which led to violence. Police said that it was a case of misunderstanding.

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In a recent incident that took place in Kolkata, a transgender from the state was beaten to death on suspicion of being a child lifter in Sulkapara, Jalpaiguri. Even though police managed to rescue the victim from the clutches of the mob, but she died on the way to the hospital.

In another such similar instance, a man was lynched after he was heard talking on the phone to someone about a child. The mob mistook him as a child lifter and immediately started attacking him when in reality, he was talking to his wife and asking about the well being of his ailing child. Luckily one of the villagers identified him and he was saved. Mass hysteria fostered by rumours on social media has killed several people in the states in the last one year.

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