Thread by @zoo_bear

BEWARE OF CHILD KIDNAPPING RUMOURS!
There are lot of videos in circulation with this claim. @AltNews has received several video enquiring if it true. There are videos of Sadhus being attacked, Fakirs being attacked, Transgenders, Poor, Mentally challenged people getting attacked

A video showing a few men & some apparently unconscious children lying in a forest is viral on WhatsApp with child kidnapping rumour. AltNews found that the video was scripted. It is further fuelling already widespread rumours of child kidnapping. Beware!
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Multiple videos of sadhus being beaten up by people are being shared on WhatsApp with the claim that they were child kidnappers. An #AltNewsFactCheck found that the claim was false. altnews.in/videos-of-a-mo…

One more incident of mob attack. They were beaten after child kidnapping rumour in Kasganj, UP.

Here is Kasganj Police statement on Child kidnapping rumours.

A person was beaten in Prayagraj by people assuming he was a child kidnappper. Please stop forwarding WhatsApp forward, These are rumours.

Here is Prayagraj Police statement. Beware of Child Kidnapping rumours.

Here's one more video from Tanda, Ambedkar Nagar, UP. A fakir was beaten up on child kidnapping rumour.
Beware of WhatsApp Forwards on Child kidnapping rumours

Ambedkar Nagar Police debunking above child kidnapping rumours.

A women in Badhoi was stripped and beaten on suspicion of Child Kidnapping. Police released a statement that she is mentally challenged.

Here is Badhoi police statement on above video. Beware of Child Kidnapping rumours.

Sadhus travelling in the car were beaten in Kaushambi on suspicion of child kidnapping. Be responsible. Stop forwarding Child kidnapping WhatsApp rumours.

Here is Kaushambi Police statement on above child kidnapping rumours

A mentally challenged woman was beaten on suspicion of child kidnapping in Agra.

Here is @agrapolice statement on above Child Kidnapping rumours. The woman in the video is not a child kidnapper but mentally challenged.

A woman and two men were beaten by mob on suspicion of child kidnapping rumour in Unnao.

Here is Unnao Police Statement on above Child Kidnapping rumours.

A poor man was stripped and beaten on suspicion of child kidnapping rumour.

Polcie statement:

In Bihar, Three people in car were thrashed on suspicion of child kidnapping rumour.

In Raibareli, A youth was beaten on suspicion of Child kidnapping (rumour)

Here is Raibareli Police statement on Child Kidnapping rumours.

A Sadhu was beaten by mob on suspicion of child kidnapping rumour in SantKabir Nagar

Here is a statement by @santkabirnagpol on child kidnapping rumour.

A Mentally challenged youth was beaten on suspicion of child kidnapping in Jaunpur.

Here is a statement of Jaunpur police on above child kidnapping rumour.

A mentally disturbed person was beaten by people in Raibareli on suspicion of Child Kidnapping rumours.

Here is Police statement by Raibareli Police on Child Kidnapping rumours.

People who'd come from Malda, West Bengal to Bihar for Madrasa Fund collection (Chanda) were beaten by people in Bihar on suspicion of Child Kidnapping.

Villagers in Pratapgarh thrash a youngster accusing him of child kidnapping. Hats off tontje brave Policemam who tried his best to save the youth from the mob. Beware of Child Kidnapping Rumours.

According to report by @Zee_Hindustan, Mob thrashed a man by tying him to a tree on suspicion of Child kidnapping in Aligarh. Beware of Child kidnapping Rumour. Stop forwarding such rumours on WhatsApp.