As many as 16 people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of two men in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, while a senior police officer has been given charge to keep a vigil on rumours in social media, the Director General of Police said on Sunday.

Among those arrested, included the man who allegedly fanned the rumour on social media that child lifters have entered Assam, DGP Kuladhar Saikia told the media. While Additional DGP Mukesh Agarwal is monitoring the investigation, ADGP Harmeet Singh has been given the charge of keeping a strict vigil on rumours on social media, Saikia said. He appealed to the people not to get swayed by rumours on social media and immediately inform the police if they came across any such post.