MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian police said on Monday they had arrested 110 people suspected of beating three men to death in the western state of Maharashtra.
Videos of the attack – which took place last week in Palghar district when a coronavirus lockdown was in force – went viral on social media.
Local newspapers reported that the three men were going to a funeral when the crowd mistook them for thieves, dragged them out of a car and killed them.
Police said they had arrested the suspects, including nine youths, on Sunday and Monday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said authorities would take tough action and were also looking for people who had spread rumours and hate online.
(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Rupam Jain and Andrew Heavens)
