Betul, July 27: In a bizarre incident, three Indian National Congress (INC) leaders were thrashed by a mob after being mistaken as kidnappers. The incident took place at Navalsinh village in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district on Thursday night, July 25. The mob had blocked the road over the suspicions that the trio are child kidnapper. Man Beaten to Death on Suspicion of Being Child Kidnapper.

According to a report in NDTV, when local Congress leaders- Dharmu Singh Lanjiwar, Dharmendra Shukla and Lalit Baraskar were travelling in Maruti Suzuki Ertica they saw the road was blocked. Assuming it as a plot by highway robber, they turned around the car. West Bengal Lynching Case: Transgender Beaten to Death on Suspicion of Being Child Lifter in Jalpaiguri.

Seconds later, villagers chased them and damaged the vehicle with stones. The Congress leaders were taken out and assaulted by the mob. Later, the trio filed a case at Betul police station. A probe has been launched into the matter.

In recent, several cases of mob attacks on the people doubted to be child lifter have been reported across Madhya Pradesh. Most of the cases are reported from Bhopal, Indore, Sehore, Hoshangabad, Raisen, Neemuch and Dewas.

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