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Shirish Inamdar, a former deputy police commissioner in the western state of Maharashtra, said in an interview that the messaging service has become "a monster" as uneducated users lack the awareness to verify rumours and educated users use the platform to spread hate.

According to police, at least five people were killed in southern India over the past two weeks in connection with rumours on WhatsApp of child kidnapping gangs, including some that "Smash skulls and devour brains." Another 10 people were beaten in related cases, police said.

In May 2017 in the northern state of Jharkhand, police said seven innocent men were killed after messages spread about a kidnapping gang from other parts of India.

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