India, April 20 -- A special court in Assam's Nagaon on Monday convicted 20 accused in the 2018 lynching of a businessman and musician in Karbi Anglong over rumours that they were child abductors.

A mob, carrying sticks and sharp-edged weapons, intercepted the vehicle carrying Abhijit Nath and Nilotpal Das, dragged them out, assaulted them, and killed them on the spot. The two were on their way to catch exotic fish when rumours of child abductors being active in the area triggered panic. The lynching triggered nationwide outrage.

The Assam Police arrested 45 people and apprehended three juveniles in the case. A charge sheet was filed against 45 adult accused. The trial was transferred from Karbi Anglong to Nagaon on the Gauhati high cou...