UP: Telecom engineer among 7 thrashed by mobs on suspicion of being child-lifters

Seven persons, including a telecom engineer and three mentally challenged men, were allegedly thrashed by locals on the suspicion of being child-lifters in different incidents in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.

Four incidents were reported from Rae Bareli district and one from Kanpur.

The mentally challenged men were beaten up by locals on Friday in Kanpur's Simauli village when some youths suspected them to be child lifters , Station House Officer, Simauli, Gyan Singh said.

They were admitted to a local hospital and discharged after treatment, he said, adding that raids are being conducted to arrest the culprits.

Superintendent of Police (rural) Pradyumna Singh said a case has been registered against 20-25 people.

In Rae Bareli, Amar Kumar Verma (35), an engineer working in a private telecom company, was allegedly attacked by a mob of around 50 people when he was returning from Kesarua village within the Lalganj Kotwali police station limits after checking a mobile tower on ...