Suspected child-lifter tied to pole, thrashed by mob in Mangaluru

Mangalore | Wednesday | 22nd August, 2018

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His fault: He was carrying chocolates and when children flocked to see his new two-wheeler, he offered them some. MANGALURU: The paranoia about child-lifters reared its ugly head yet again as a mob thrashed a 53-year-old man in Kinnikambla, Dakshina Kannada district. A group of around 30 people came running, tied me to a pole and thrashed me. I had bought a new two-wheeler which didn’t have a number plate,” said Hamza. A stranger saw me offering chocolates to the children and accused me of being a child lifter ..