Watch: Mob beats man travelling with his own kid, thinking him to be a child-lifter

A 30-year-old man named Kaleed was attacked by locals on Thursday in Mangaluru’s Ujjire town in Belthangady taluk after he was suspected to be a child abductor.

Kaleed had in fact been travelling with his own child. Locals suspected him to be a child-lifter after he was seen beating up the child. Police arrived and counselled the locals against acting on WhatsApp forwards.
 

"It's my child!" cries man beaten up by mob who suspected him of being a child abductor in Mangaluru @thenewsminute pic.twitter.com/w18X4U89jo

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