In yet another case of lynching over child-lifting rumours, Mohammed Azam Ahmed, a 32-year-old techie who was working on a project with Google in Hyderabad, was allegedly beaten to death by a mob in Karnataka's Bidar district on Friday, 13 July.

Three others were severely injured in the attack and are currently admitted in a Hyderabad hospital. A police official told The Indian Express that 30 people believed to have been part of the mob have been arrested, along with three others who spread the child-lifting rumours on WhatsApp, including the administrator of the group.

The incident took place when Ahmed, a software engineer, was travelling to Handikera village in Aurad taluk with Noor Mohammed and Mohammed Salman, along with a Qatari national Salham Eidal Kubaisi for a social function, according to media reports.