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|date={{Start date and age|2018|06|08}}<br />
|location= Panijuri, [[Karbi Anglong]], [[Assam]]<br />
|type=Lynching<br />
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| victims = Nilotpal Das and Abhijit Nath<br />
|perpetrators=250 people<br />
|accused=28 people}}<br />
'''2018 Karbi Anglong lynching''' was a violent incident of [[mob lynching]] that took place in [[Karbi Anglong]], [[Assam]], in [[India]] on 8 June 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=WhatsApp Marketing |url=https://messify.io/ |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Fake news==<br />
[[Fake news]] spread via [[WhatsApp]] have been named as the cause of these two [[lynching]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/17/fears-mount-over-whatsapp-role-in-spreading-fake-news|title=Fears mount over WhatsApp's role in spreading fake news|newspaper=The Guardian|author=Jim Waterson|date=2018-06-17|access-date=2018-06-22|archive-date=2018-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622032739/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/17/fears-mount-over-whatsapp-role-in-spreading-fake-news|url-status=live}}</ref> The rumors said that child lifters were in the area.<br />
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==Incident==<br />
The incident took place in the backdrop of widespread public rumours over rising [[Trafficking of children|child trafficking]] and the spate of killings known as the Indian WhatsApp lynchings. A [[Ochlocracy|mob]] of about 250 people attacked two men under suspicion of child trafficking and beat the two to death in a case of mistaken identity.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Telegraph (India)|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/duo-lynched-in-karbi-anglong-236735|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612120504/https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/duo-lynched-in-karbi-anglong-236735|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2018|title=Duo lynched in Karbi Anglong|author=Sarat Sarma and Sumir Karmakar|date=2018-06-10}}</ref><br />
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==Arrests==<br />
As of June 21, 2018, 36 people had been arrested.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/asaam-lynching-case-36-arested-so-far-5226392/|title=Asaam lynching case: 36 arested so far|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=2018-06-21|access-date=2018-06-22|archive-date=2018-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622060538/https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/asaam-lynching-case-36-arested-so-far-5226392/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:2018 crimes in India]]<br />
[[Category:June 2018 events in India]]<br />
[[Category:Karbi Anglong district]]<br />
[[Category:Lynching deaths in India]]<br />
[[Category:2018 murders in India]]<br />
[[Category:Riots and civil disorder in India]]<br />
[[Category:Vigilantism]]<br />
[[Category:2010s in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:WhatsApp]]<br />
[[Category:Cybercrime in India]]<br />
[[Category:Moral panic]]<br />
[[Category:Fake news in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mass media-related controversies in India]]</div>Ajay Kumar