24 held for ‘vigilante’ killing of 2 in Assam

Another person has been arrested in connection with the lynching of two men on suspicion of being child kidnappers in Assam, taking the number of people arrested in the case so far to 24, police said.

The person was arrested from Karbi Anglong district during search operations, which were continuing along with investigations, an Assam Police spokesman said here yesterday.

Additional Director-General of Police Mukesh Agarwal was monitoring the investigations.

Social media misuse

Besides the 24, five others were arrested in Diphu town yesterday for misuse of social media in connection with the incident.

“They have been found to be involved either in recording the incident on mobile phones or circulating the video clip on social media with statements, comments to incite hatred between different communities,” the spokesman said.

The crackdown on the misuse of social media was launched by the police as investigations have brought to light that messages posted on social media on child kidnappers having entered the state may have led to the lynching of the two men.