Mumbai: A man was thrashed on suspicion of being a child lifter on Sunday in Shahjahanpur area in Meerut and eight people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the crime, police informed.
According to the police, the victim identified as Azad, a resident of Haryana’s Bhiwani, was in Shahjahanpur town under Kithor police station limits to sell herbs on the day when some people mistook him for a child lifter and thrashed him.
“A video of the incident went viral on social media platforms. We identified the accused seen in the video and arrested them,” Akhilesh Narayan Singh, the SP City informed reporters.
A complaint was also registered by the victim, the police said. The accused have been identified as Nazim, Nadeem, Pawan, Shahzad, Imran, Anas, Avneesh and Mustaji — all are residents of Shahjahanpur.
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