Indian police have arrested 25 people after a man was lynched by a mob over suspicion of child kidnapping started by rumours on the messaging app Whatsapp.
The men were arrested in the Murder of 27 year old Mohammad Azam who was attacked with two friends who were critically injured by a 2,000 people mob in the country’s Karnataka state’s Bidar district.
More than 20 people have been lynched in India over rumours of child abduction in the last two months, the latest lynching came two days after the messaging service published advertisements in papers across the country giving tips on how to avoid fake information.