India, April 21 -- A special court in Assam's Nagaon district on Monday convicted 20 of the 45 accused in the 2018 Abhi-Neel mob lynching case, in which two men were killed in the Karbi Anglong district amid rumors that they were child abductors.

The remaining 25 accused were acquitted due to a lack of evidence, according to people aware of the matter.

According to police, the incident took place in the Dokmoka area on June 8, 2018, when the two men from Guwahati - Abhijit Nath (30), an engineering graduate and businessman, and Nilotpal Das (29), a musician - had travelled to Karbi Anglong for fishing and were returning. Following the spread of rumors, an armed mob intercepted the vehicle the two men were travelling in, dragged them out...