Guwahati : In a shocking incident, two youths from Guwahati were beaten to death by an agitated mob at a location in Karbi Anglong district on suspicion of being child lifters.
The incident took place on Friday night in the backdrop of a rumour on social media that a group of ‘sopadhara’ (meaning child abductor or lifter in Assamese) were on the prowl in Nagaland’s Dimapur town and some of its adjoining areas in the district.
The victims, identified as Nilotpal Das and Abhijeet Nath, had gone to the remote Kathilangso waterfalls, and were returning to Guwahati in their SUV when they were stopped by a mob which pulled them out of the vehicle, tied them up and thrashed them in spite of the boys repeatedly saying that they had come to Karbi Anglong only to witness the scenic beauty of the place, police said. The mob refused to believe the victims and beat them to death. They destroyed the vehicle also.