Mistaken for a child lifter, man beaten to death in Madhya Pradesh

Investigations later revealed that four villagers, who were consuming liquor around 9 pm on July 28, had found Mukesh Gond, a resident of Kui village in Anuppur district, loitering near the village school. When they asked his name he reportedly hid behind the school. Two of the four accused caught him and at least six more villagers later joined them carrying sticks.

Mistaking him for a child lifter they beat him and strangled him. In an attempt to hide the crime they dumped the body in a well owned by one Prem Singh Gond. The 10 accused have been sent to judicial custody.

A mentally unstable woman was lynched in Badgad village in Singrauli district last month. The police had arrested 14 villagers in connection with the lynching of the woman.