Uttar Pradesh: A man was thrashed on suspicion of being a child lifter on Sunday in Shahjahanpur area in Meerut and eight people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the crime, police informed. According to the police, the victim identified as Azad, a resident of Haryana's Bhiwani, was in Shahjahanpur town under Kithor police station limits to sell herbs on the day when some people mistook him for a child lifter and thrashed him.

Meerut: 8 persons arrested in Shahjahanpur yesterday on complaint of a man who alleged he was thrashed by them on suspicion of him being a child-lifter, on August 25. pic.twitter.com/i2U3GqmrIC