•Child kidnapping rumors are leading to increasing assaults on innocent people across various areas of Murshidabad.
•Incidents include a young couple beaten and their car set on fire in Siteshnagar, Lalbagola Police Station.
•A mentally unstable person was severely beaten in Shyamnagar, Naoda Police Station, on suspicion of being a child abductor.
•A woman in Surulia, Beldanga Police Station, was assaulted over child theft allegations, though only paan masala was found in her bag.
•Despite police campaigns, rumors persist, leading to harassment in areas like Lochanmati-Dangapara; district police appeal not to take law into own hands.
