Silchar, April 21 -- A special court in Assam's Nagaon on Monday convicted 20 people accused of lynching a businessman and musician in Karbi Anglong as 2018 over rumours that both allegedly abducted children. A mob carrying sticks and sharp weapons intercepted the vehicle carrying Abhijit Nath and Nilotpal Das dragged them out and beat them to death while they were on their way to a fishing excursion amid prevailing rumours of child abductors active in the area, which had triggered panic. 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 court's directive. The Nagaon court acquitted 25 accused due to a lack of evidence. It will pronounce the quantum of punishment for 20 convicts on April 24. Twelve witnesses were examined, during the trial and eight of them turned hostile, claiming they were tutored. The defence relied on inconsistencies to challenge the prosecution's case....