BHUBANESWAR: Police on Monday detained three people in connection with the assault of a man from Kerala, who was allegedly beaten by a mob in Odisha’s Sambalpur city after being suspected of being a child kidnapper.A video of the incident has surfaced on social media and is being widely shared online.According to police, the victim was targeted over rumours of child kidnapping.The assault was captured on video, which later went viral on social media.The incident comes days after a similar case in Odisha’s Rayagada district, where a woman from Delhi and a man from Gujarat were allegedly attacked by a mob following similar child kidnapping rumours.
