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Five people were killed Sunday in the Dhule district of Maharashtra by villagers, who suspected that they were part of a gang of kidnappers, police said.
The five, along with a few others, were sighted a transport bus in the tribal hamlet of Rainpada, reported the PTI news agency, citing a police official.
When one of them tried to talk to a child, the villagers gathered for the weekly bazaar. "Five were killed in the fury of the crowd," the police said.
According to police, there have been rumors in recent days that a gang of kidnappers was active in the area
. the nearby Pimpalner Hospital, they added.
Social media videos and messages containing misinformation about gangs stealing children have killed 14 people across the country since May 20, although police have warned people not to believe such stories rumors. foreigners have been reported in different states in the last month. Lynchings have been reported from West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha over the past two years. month
. Sukanta Chakraborty with sticks and bricks while he was warning people on a megaphone against false information.
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