mob lynching
- India
Rajasthan: 4 men get 7 years jail time in Rakbar Khan mob lynching case
A court in Rajasthan sentenced four men to seven years of jail time on charges of mob lynching a 31-year-old Muslim man over suspicion of cattle smuggling back in July 2018. The…
- India
Wife of slain IAS officer moves SC against Anand Mohan’s release
New Delhi: The wife of IAS officer G. Krishnaiah, who was lynched in 1994 by a mob led by former Bihar MP Anand Mohan Singh, has moved the Supreme Court against the…
- India
Mob lynching: SC issues notice to Centre, states on plea seeking fair compensation policy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from Centre and state governments on a PIL seeking direction to adopt uniform and fair compensation policy for victims of mob lynching in…
- India
Bihar: Mob lynches 3 Muslim men suspecting theft; 1 dead, 2 injured
Three Muslim men were lynched in Gaya’s Diha village early Thursday morning allegedly under the suspicion of theft, leaving one dead and two others critical. The police have formed a special investigation…
- India
Uttarakhand, Delhi hate speeches: ‘No visible progress in probe’ says SC
New Delhi: “No palpable progress” has been made by the Delhi Police in the investigation into cases of hate speeches made at religious assemblies in the national capital in 2021, the Supreme Court…
- India
Chhattisgarh: 2 lynched, whipped and paraded half-naked by mob for ‘selling beef’
In a shocking incident, two men were stripped half-naked and paraded in full public view for allegedly selling beef in the Bilaspur District of Chhattisgarh. A video has gone viral on Twitter…
- India
Appeal to help widow of mob lynching victim Intezar Ali
New Delhi: Intezar Ali Muddi Ali Sheikh who was engaged in a transport business has been lynched recently. Now, his family members, a widow and her three children, who are left with…
- Pakistan
Six awarded death penalty for mob lynching of Sri Lankan citizen in Pakistan
Lahore: An anti-terrorism court in Lahore announced the verdict in the mob lynching of Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara on false allegations of blasphemy in Sialkot last December, awarding death penalty to…
- India
Kerala: Muslim man beaten to death by mob over suspicion of theft
A 27-year-old man was beaten to death by a mob in Kerala’s Palakkad district in the early hours of Friday on allegations of motorbike theft. The incident occurred at 1:45 am on…
- India
UP: Mob lynches two Muslim brothers in Noorpur, one dead
A Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh’s Noorpur village was lynched to death during an altercation with the villagers who attacked him and his brother in the Kaushambi district of the state on…
- Hate Crime
Jharkhand: Hindutva mob brutally beats up Muslim youth, hang him upside down
Mere days after the anti-lynching law was passed in Jharkhand, a Muslim youth was allegedly beaten up and hung upside down by a Hindutva mob. The boy, Sajid, was thrashed by the…
- India
Jharkhand passes anti-lynching bill, culprits may be jailed for life
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Assembly Tuesday passed a bill to prevent mob violence and lynching in the state notorious for vigilante justice, with the proposed law providing for punishment ranging from three years…
- India
BJP calls Rajiv Gandhi ‘father of mob lynching’ to attack Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: BJP leaders on Tuesday raked up the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 and called former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi the “father of mob lynching” to hit back at Congress leader Rahul…
- India
Word ‘lynching’ practically unheard of before 2014: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: The word lynching was practically unheard of before 2014 when the BJP came to power, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter on Tuesday and went on to taunt the…
- India
Jharkhand to introduce anti-mob lynching bill
Ranchi: Jharkhand government is prepping up to introduce a bill preventing mob lynching. The draft of the ‘Prevention of Lynching’ bill has been prepared. It is likely to be introduced in the…
