AdvertisementViral WhatsApp Messages Are Triggering Mob Killings In IndiaJuly 18, 2018Lauren FrayerfacebookEmailHarssh Poddar, a senior police official, addresses a village meeting at a rural school near Malegaon, in northern Maharashtra state. He warns families to be skeptical of what they read online. Earlier this month, Poddar helped rescue five people from being killed by a mob in his constituency. (Lauren Frayer/NPR)