2 killed, 5 injured after being mistaken as child-lifters

Two persons died after falling into a gorge and five others sustained injuries when they were chased and thrashed by people who suspected them to be child- lifters at a village here, police said today.
The victims were working for a local liquor contractor, who got information that illegal wine was being transported for sale in his area. He asked his men to find out the movement of the illegal consignment, City Superintendent of Police Vikram Singh told PTI.
The liquor contractor's men left in a jeep and then dispersed in search of the consignment last night. After some time, they felt thirsty. To drink water, they stopped and got down at a hut in Bedpura Bajari village under Nalcha police station limits, where some children were playing, Singh said.

Suspecting the men to be child-lifters, nearly 300-400 villagers chased them with 'lathis' (wooden sticks), he said.
The liquor contractor's men ran and in a bid to escape from being attacked by the villagers, two of them fell in a gorge and died, he said.
The villagers caught hold of five other persons and thrashed them, injuring them badly, the SP said.

"No sooner police got the information they reached the spot and admitted the injured to hospital. Two of the injured were rushed to Indore," Singh said.
The bodies of the deceased - Prahlad Jaiswal (28) and Dilip Jaiswal (25) - have been sent for postmortem, he said.

A case has been registered against the unidentified accused, he said, adding, that further investigation in the case was on.