Police in Telangana have issued warnings and have also arrested people who circulated false video messages online.

So far, officials are yet to find any incidents of child abduction related to the spate of messages and videos being shared online.

Deaths linked to WhatsApp rumours
April: A man in the southern state of Tamil Nadu is beaten to death by a mob after he is seen aimlessly wandering the streets

May:

• A 55-year old woman in Tamil Nadu is lynched for giving sweets to children; police arrest 30 people
• A man in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh is lynched for speaking Hindi and not the local language, Telugu
• A man in neighbouring Telengana is killed by a mob while entering a mango orchard at night
• Another man in Telengana is lynched when visiting a village to see his relatives
• A man in the southern city of Bangalore, who had moved there recently, is tied up with rope and beaten to death with cricket bats
• A transgender woman is lynched in Hyderabad

June: Two men are lynched in north-eastern Assam after stopping their car to ask for directions

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