<p>A man hired by the Tripura Information and Culture department to spread awareness against rumour-mongering was among two persons lynched in different areas of the state on the suspicion of being child-lifters, the police said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sukanta Chakrabarty (33) was lynched by a mob suspecting him of being a child-lifter at Kalachhara in South Tripura district on Thursday night, Assistant Inspector General of Police Smriti Ranjan Das said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chakrabarty was a member of a team of the state Information and Culture Affairs department which was campaigning against rumour-mongering. He was hired by the department for making appeals to the people not to fall prey to rumour-mongering.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chakrabarty was attacked when the team was returning to Sabroom, Das said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In view of the lynching incidents, Tripura Director General of Police A K Shukla has suspended SMS and Internet data services in the entire state for the next 24 hours to prevent rumour-mongering.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Minister Biplab Deb appealed to the people to maintain peace and said there was no child-lifter in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He alleged that it was a conspiracy of the CPM to tarnish the image of the state government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An unidentified woman was lynched and another injured when she along with four men was moving in a vehicle at Bishalgarh in Sipahijala district on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a separate incident, a hawker was lynched and two others were injured after a mob attacked them on the suspicion of being child-lifters at Murabari in West Tripura district on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP state vice-president Pratima Bhowmik and Education Minister Ratanlal Nath in a joint press conference said they have alerted party workers to thwart any such incident and cooperate with the police.</p>
<p>A man hired by the Tripura Information and Culture department to spread awareness against rumour-mongering was among two persons lynched in different areas of the state on the suspicion of being child-lifters, the police said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sukanta Chakrabarty (33) was lynched by a mob suspecting him of being a child-lifter at Kalachhara in South Tripura district on Thursday night, Assistant Inspector General of Police Smriti Ranjan Das said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chakrabarty was a member of a team of the state Information and Culture Affairs department which was campaigning against rumour-mongering. He was hired by the department for making appeals to the people not to fall prey to rumour-mongering.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chakrabarty was attacked when the team was returning to Sabroom, Das said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In view of the lynching incidents, Tripura Director General of Police A K Shukla has suspended SMS and Internet data services in the entire state for the next 24 hours to prevent rumour-mongering.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Minister Biplab Deb appealed to the people to maintain peace and said there was no child-lifter in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He alleged that it was a conspiracy of the CPM to tarnish the image of the state government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An unidentified woman was lynched and another injured when she along with four men was moving in a vehicle at Bishalgarh in Sipahijala district on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a separate incident, a hawker was lynched and two others were injured after a mob attacked them on the suspicion of being child-lifters at Murabari in West Tripura district on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP state vice-president Pratima Bhowmik and Education Minister Ratanlal Nath in a joint press conference said they have alerted party workers to thwart any such incident and cooperate with the police.</p>