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India WhatsApp 'child kidnap' rumours claim two more victims

Abijeet Nath (L) and Nilotpal Das (R) stopped to ask for directions when a mob attacked them. [Courtesy]

Indian police have arrested 16 people after two men became the latest victims of hysteria over WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers.

The men had stopped to ask directions in north-eastern Assam state when they were beaten to death by a large mob.

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