Six African nationals, who were accused of abducting a child, were rescued by the Delhi Police from Dwarka on Thursday night.
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New Delhi:
According to news agency ANI, the rescued Africans included four Tanzanian and two Nigerian nationals.
They were rescued by Delhi police after they received a call claiming that they were allegedly being attacked.
Delhi police had also reportedly received multiple calls against the African nationals. One of the callers alleged that they had abducted a child, according to ANI.
Added to rumours about kidnapping, purported reports of cannibalism also made the rounds which led to mob attacks in different locations in Delhi.
The Tanzanian women were identified as Assifa, Rizika, Fatima and Esta, while the two Nigerian nationals were identified as Nwaogu and Ogbuewu, as per immediate reports.
Several media reports indicate that the police received six calls between 7 and 7.30 pm on Thursday evening regarding the incident. The police reached the spot where they found a mob in front of a house.
"No racial attack. Received call that people are gathering. We reached there, dispersed crowd & rescued 2 Tanzanian women. Crowd had gathered following abduction rumours. Later we received a call of abduction. It was a hoax call. We rescued Tanzanian & Nigerian nationals," the Delhi police responded to ANI.
The police have detained several people involved in the mob attack but no arrests have been made in the case.