Man tied to tree, thrashed on suspison of being child-lifter

A man was beaten up on suspicion of being a child-lifter near Satna city in Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning, police said.

While the police identified two of the accused from a video which surfaced on social media, no one has been arrested so far.

The incident took place at Tikuriya Tola by-pass outside Satna, said Kolgawa police station in-charge R P Singh.

A group of around ten persons tied up the victim, who appeared to be between 25 to 30 years old and mentally challenged, to a tree on suspicion that he was a child-lifter, and beat him up, he said.

On learning about the incident, a police team rushed to the spot and took him to a hospital, Singh said.

The victim's name was yet to be ascertained.

Two of the accused were identified while the police were trying to ascertain the identity of others, Singh added.