<p class="title">A woman was reportedly lynched by a mob near Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh on suspicion that she was a child-lifter, police said on Monday.</p>.<p class="title">The woman, who appeared to be "mentally unstable", was killed by the mob in Bhosh village under the Morwa police station on July 19, Morwa Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) K S Dwivedi told PTI over phone.</p>.<p class="title">Believed to be aged between 25 to 30 years, the woman is yet to be identified, he said.</p>.<p class="title">The lynching took place amid rumours on WhatsApp that child-lifters were on the prowl in rural areas of the district, the officer said.</p>.<p class="title">The rumours were circulating for the last one month, Dwivedi said.</p>.<p class="title">Twelve people were arrested on Sunday in connection with the lynching incident and were on Monday produced in a local court, which sent them to jail, Dwivedi said.</p>.<p class="title">The SDOP said some people spotted the woman roaming in the village at around 9.30 pm on July 19.</p>.<p class="title">They stopped her, suspecting her to be a child-lifter and hit her with lathis and axes, Dwivedi said.</p>.<p class="title">After killing the woman, the mob dumped her body in a drain in a forested area of Bhosh, some 90 km from the district headquarters, he said.</p>.<p class="title">Some villagers spotted the body on July 20 and informed the police, he added.</p>.<p class="title">The police arrested 12 people and booked them for rioting and murder, among other charges under the IPC, the SDOP said.</p>.<p class="title">He said efforts are on to identify the deceased.</p>.<p class="title">The Singrauli episode is the latest in a spate of incidents of lynching and mob violence reported from across the country in the recent past.</p>.<p class="title">A few weeks back, five nomads were lynched in Dhule village of Maharashtra on suspicion that they were child- lifters.</p>.<p class="title">Last Friday, a man was beaten to death in Rajasthan on suspicion of cow smuggling.</p>.<p class="title">The Supreme Court recently took a strong view of such incidents and asked the Centre to frame a separate law to tackle this menace.</p>
<p class="title">A woman was reportedly lynched by a mob near Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh on suspicion that she was a child-lifter, police said on Monday.</p>.<p class="title">The woman, who appeared to be "mentally unstable", was killed by the mob in Bhosh village under the Morwa police station on July 19, Morwa Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) K S Dwivedi told PTI over phone.</p>.<p class="title">Believed to be aged between 25 to 30 years, the woman is yet to be identified, he said.</p>.<p class="title">The lynching took place amid rumours on WhatsApp that child-lifters were on the prowl in rural areas of the district, the officer said.</p>.<p class="title">The rumours were circulating for the last one month, Dwivedi said.</p>.<p class="title">Twelve people were arrested on Sunday in connection with the lynching incident and were on Monday produced in a local court, which sent them to jail, Dwivedi said.</p>.<p class="title">The SDOP said some people spotted the woman roaming in the village at around 9.30 pm on July 19.</p>.<p class="title">They stopped her, suspecting her to be a child-lifter and hit her with lathis and axes, Dwivedi said.</p>.<p class="title">After killing the woman, the mob dumped her body in a drain in a forested area of Bhosh, some 90 km from the district headquarters, he said.</p>.<p class="title">Some villagers spotted the body on July 20 and informed the police, he added.</p>.<p class="title">The police arrested 12 people and booked them for rioting and murder, among other charges under the IPC, the SDOP said.</p>.<p class="title">He said efforts are on to identify the deceased.</p>.<p class="title">The Singrauli episode is the latest in a spate of incidents of lynching and mob violence reported from across the country in the recent past.</p>.<p class="title">A few weeks back, five nomads were lynched in Dhule village of Maharashtra on suspicion that they were child- lifters.</p>.<p class="title">Last Friday, a man was beaten to death in Rajasthan on suspicion of cow smuggling.</p>.<p class="title">The Supreme Court recently took a strong view of such incidents and asked the Centre to frame a separate law to tackle this menace.</p>