Dhaka, July 22 -- Amid the growing incidents of mob attacks over child-lifting rumours, all the police units concerned have been directed to take necessary measures to stop the lynching.

The Police Headquarters (PHQ) issued the directives on Monday, two days after it urged all not to take the law into own hands by resorting to mass beating suspecting someone as a child-lifter.

It said an evil attempt is on to create an unstable situation in the country through killing people after spreading child-lifting rumours. "The act of killing in mass beating and creating an unstable situation in the country spreading rumours is a criminal offence," it said.

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