LUCKNOW: A 60-year-old mentally ill woman, who is also an asthma patient and wears a face mask, was mistaken for a child-lifter and beaten up after she entered a house in Hasanganj to ask for drinking water on Thursday.
Police have booked 35 unidentified people for assault, rioting and rumour-mongering, among others, based on the complaint of Hasanganj sub-inspector Sanjay Singh.
This is the second such case of mob justice in the city over child-lifting rumours in 48 hours. On Wednesday, a man who earns a living as a behrupiya (impressionist) was thrashed by a mob in Chinhat.
Hasanganj SHO Dhirendra Pratap Kushwaha said Wasima Bai, a resident of Habibganj in Thakurganj, was being treated by KGMU doctors. Around 11am, she was on her way to visit a relative in Khadra when she stopped in Madayganj because she was thirsty.
FIR against 44 people for attacking elderly woman
Police have filed an FIR against 44 people, nine of whom have been named. Six of the named accused are women. As Wasima entered a house to ask for water, the family mistook her for a child-lifter given her haggard appearance and particularly the mask. Before she could speak, they started beating her up. Neighbours too joined in. “The woman, who has asthma and is mentally ill, was so traumatised that she could not explain her situation,” SHO Kushwaha said.
Police searched her bag and found medicines, money and a dairy with phone numbers of her relatives. “We dialled a relative who gave us the contact number of her son Shahzad. He came to the outpost along with other family members and explained his mother’s condition. He also showed us her prescriptions,” the SHO said. After she calmed down, Wasima said she saw the door open and went inside the house because she was very thirsty. “Before she could explain why she was there, the residents accused her of trespassing and started beating her up,” Kushwaha added.
Police have booked 35 unidentified people for assault, rioting and rumour-mongering, among others, based on the complaint of Hasanganj sub-inspector Sanjay Singh.
This is the second such case of mob justice in the city over child-lifting rumours in 48 hours. On Wednesday, a man who earns a living as a behrupiya (impressionist) was thrashed by a mob in Chinhat.
Hasanganj SHO Dhirendra Pratap Kushwaha said Wasima Bai, a resident of Habibganj in Thakurganj, was being treated by KGMU doctors. Around 11am, she was on her way to visit a relative in Khadra when she stopped in Madayganj because she was thirsty.
FIR against 44 people for attacking elderly woman
Police have filed an FIR against 44 people, nine of whom have been named. Six of the named accused are women. As Wasima entered a house to ask for water, the family mistook her for a child-lifter given her haggard appearance and particularly the mask. Before she could speak, they started beating her up. Neighbours too joined in. “The woman, who has asthma and is mentally ill, was so traumatised that she could not explain her situation,” SHO Kushwaha said.
Police searched her bag and found medicines, money and a dairy with phone numbers of her relatives. “We dialled a relative who gave us the contact number of her son Shahzad. He came to the outpost along with other family members and explained his mother’s condition. He also showed us her prescriptions,” the SHO said. After she calmed down, Wasima said she saw the door open and went inside the house because she was very thirsty. “Before she could explain why she was there, the residents accused her of trespassing and started beating her up,” Kushwaha added.
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