Man from Odisha tied, beaten up in Central Gujarat under suspicion of being Child-lifter

Vadodara:

Close on heels of the incident of lynching of a woman in Ahmedabad suspecting her to be a member of ‘child-lifting’ gang and similar incidents in Surat and other parts of the State, an innocent man from Odisha was beaten up by villagers under similar suspicion in a village in Vadodara District of Gujarat, police said today.

The incident took place in Gajadara village under Vaghodia taluka.
Villagers tied him with rope and also took out a processions of sorts in the village.

PSI Vaghodia Darshan Rao said that the villagers mistook him as a child-litter as he could not explain his side due to language issue.

The video of the incident has also been uploaded on the social media.

Notably, the rumors about child-lifting has so far claimed over 20 lives across the country.

DeshGujarat