KARACHI: Frenzy over reports of child kidnappings does not seem to abate as on Friday three people fell victim to mob justice, after people mistook them for kidnappers in Karachi.
Three separate incidents took place in different parts of karachi when violent mobs thrashed innocent people over child kidnapping suspicions in the city.Â
The incidents were apparently sparked by rumours of widespread child abductions in the city during the past few days.
The first victim on Friday was a government official, the second a guard, while the third one turned out to be a beggar.
In the Lines Area locality, a KMC sweeper identified as Suresh Kumar was beaten by people.
A security guard was thrashed by a mob near Hasan Square. The third man was a beggar who faced vigilante justice in Gulshan-i-Iqbal area.
Police requested the public not to take law into their hands.
The reports of kidnapping attempts started making rounds recently in the city, creating panic among public. These reports were termed rumours by Police Chief Mushtaq Mehar.
He had said that the information pertaining to this was being spread with malafide intentions in an attempt to create panic in the minds of parents and to discredit the efforts of Police and Rangers. “Such unverified and untruthful information is vehemently denied as it is not based on factsâ€.
The panic can be attributed to the prevailing wave of anxiety in Punjab after reports of kidnapping of 600 children from Lahore and other parts of the province within a short span of time.
The Supreme Court (SC) is also hearing a suo motu case with regard to surge in incidents of child kidnapping in Punjab.
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