Two men assaulted in Jharkhand over suspicion of being childlifters

RANCHI (JHARKHAND): March 2 Two persons were allegedly assaulted in Jharkhand’s Deoghar and Koderma districts on Monday after rumours spread among locals suspecting them of being childlifters, police said.

In Deoghar district, an unidentified 35-year-old man was reportedly held by a group of people from Sura village under Patharadda outpost while he was taking a 9- to 10-year-old boy in an auto, a senior police official said.

Sarath SDPO Ranjit Lakra told PTI that the man has been rescued from the clutches of the locals and taken to a hospital for treatment.